GoBucky
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I've heard there's a good chance Havi is back in Chicago next season.
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Well I can tell you he wont be coaching in Winnipeg. My guess is Chevy wanted Haviland, but the ownership wanted their guy from the Moose.
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Sorry for Havi but hell yeah for us and the Blackhawks!
I am looking forward to the day that Havi is our head coach in Chicago.
Hell yeah!
I am looking forward to the day that Havi is our head coach in Chicago.
Hell yeah!
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Wow! That's now two offseasons in a row I thought for sure Havi was as good as poached from the Hawk's clutches. I feel like we fans just barely keep escaping with just exhaling and wiping our brows. Still can't help but to feel we're running on borrowed Havi time though. I feel badly for Havi but I ain't gonna sit here and front like I'm not happy he's still Hawks property! God, I wish there was some way to get him in charge of the team with his chosen Assistants ASAP.
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I mean this in no disrespect to the guy, but what makes him so good? I don't really have a grasp on the relationship between ass. coaches and their responsibilities to the team, but what makes him so good? I get how you can find good head coaches from good assistants, but I don't see how you can have all that much drop-off losing one assistant and picking up another? I believe he's well liked by all, which is always a plus, but what exactly is it that he does to make this team so much better? And especially that would be hard to replace? Not saying there isn't anything just asking an honest question.
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In a nut shell an assistant coach actually has to be more knowledgable about the game and his people then the head coach. Head coach does nto have the interaction with the players that an assistant does. HC is the media mouth, the person that is in the forefront that answers to the outside world, the assistant coach is the one who has to look at the inter-workings of the team, to know the players and their personalities, to be able to pulla guy aside and say, "hey listen, this is what he means when he says this."
Head Coach takes care of the big picture things, the assistant(s) incorporates what the head coach wants and keeps the head coach informed of the little things.
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Well one, Havi has had Head Coaching success at other levels too like with the AHL and esp. when he was coaching in the ECHL so he's no chump. As for the Hawks, I'd ask you to look back on this past season. Remember how the PP was looking pretty great for the first 2/3's of the season? That was when PP coaching was Havi's responsilbilty while Kitch was responsible for the PK. Concurrent to the PP success remember how the PK blew chunks the first 2/3's of the season? Then in an effort to see if the PK could be slavaged for the Playoffs push and Playoffs, Q switched them up and Kitch took over the PP. Remember how the PP fizzled during that time but the PK slowly started to get itself righted somewhat? Or think about when Q went into the hospital and Havi was in charge and how that seemed to calm the players down and they started their 8-game win streak? Same could be said of the SC season---whatever Havi was in charge of was golden. Plus I have never heard anything except that all players love him. Plus fans love him (big v. 1.0 or skinny v. 2.0). For myself, I'd say he's like the "type" that no matter where he goes, success follows or he breeds it or whatever. He's kinda always been a coaching "winner" so I wouldn't pause or think it odd for the Hawks to give him his first try at being a Head C in the NHL and in fact would be ecstatic. Win-win suituation all around as far as I am concerned because he'd ditch Kitchen for his own Assistants too! lol
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All I need to say about Kitchen and Haviland is that Haviland ran the PP most of the year and Kitchen ran the PK. Later in the year Q switched their responsibilities and the PP got worse and PK got better. Maybe it had something to do with the players but I think the coaching played a role in that.
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Thanks, that was some good info, I hadn't really paid attention to who controlled what, but when you say it then I remember it. And again I want to clarify that I want nothing to do with losing havi as I've always liked him for the above reasons, I just was more curious about his role and replacablity and such.
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Haviland was tasked with the PK in the Cup year. Those numbers were excellent in both the regular season and playoffs when factoring in short handed goals.
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Had the Hogs won that game #7 against the Wolves in Rockford they'd have won the Calder.
Haviland is a great player developer, similar to Yawney. His players love him and he knows a system. One that almost won the Calder and another that won the Stanley Cup.
It would be a huge loss for the Hawks if he were to leave and I'd bet if Q were gone Haviland would make an excellent head coach with the awesome talent the Hawks have.
And he's a great guy.
Haviland is a great player developer, similar to Yawney. His players love him and he knows a system. One that almost won the Calder and another that won the Stanley Cup.
It would be a huge loss for the Hawks if he were to leave and I'd bet if Q were gone Haviland would make an excellent head coach with the awesome talent the Hawks have.
And he's a great guy.
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I have met Haviland several times when he was in the AHL. He was a class act, he knew when to show emotion and when to reign in the players.
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That's like the one piece of hardware in his coaching career that's a, "Ooh. . .so close!" because he won 2 Kelly Cups HC-ing his various ECHL teams and then of course Lord Stanley's beautiful chalice. LOL The CV he's built up for himself over the years is truly impressive.
H-U-G-E loss. Period. I need to figure out a way to start a "Havi for Head Coach" insurrection,
