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Will be interesting to see where King landsLuke Richardson officially named the 40th head coach in Chicago Blackhawks history, kickstarting a new era for the franchise
The Chicago Blackhawks officially named Montreal Canadiens assistant Luke Richardson as their new head coach. The Tribune confirmed the news Friday after The Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli f…
So far I'm liking what Davidson is doing. There may have been one thing I disliked (which eludes me now), but overall, he's been good in my view, including this hire.
I agree that King deserves another position, he fulfilled his job and what he was brought on board to do, nothing more nothing less.
Hopefully as a UC valet.
I have no idea what kind of coach he will be but the one thing I remember about him as a player was that he was tough as nails. I'd say he was an OK player but not a particularly good one. A player that was loaded with grit. He might be a good change of pace for this franchise.
He did the job of placeholding after Colliton failed at it.....
Yup and to me, King did an admirable job. There's no real way of proving it, but I do feel like the players did respond to him more so than they ever did under Colliton. King's demeanor -- although reserved and a bit too gentle -- was more appropriate than Colliton's ultra-smug, I-know-more-than-you-even-though-I-barely-played-in-the-NHL personality. The latter's hire was by far one of the worst moves that Shit-Show Bowman ever executed.
He always seemed to be a guy the players could relate to but I was never in love with his playing so many of the veterans that anyone with half a brain cell knew would not be a part of this team's future. Even past the deadline, you could count on a regular diet of Gus, De Haan and Murphy(when healthy) on the backline. Who knows....maybe that wasn't his call to make as an interim coach. Regardless, they wasted a lot of valuable time for some kids to get their feet wet in a season that was going nowhere.
I so want to see Torts try to fight him in the locker room at intermission. Luke would wipe the walls with him.
I read once that the best players tend to not make good coaches since a lot of the game is "automatic" to them, and they don't have to get much into the nuts and bolts of theory. They just do. Hence, why Gretzky sucked as a coach. Some guys like Hossa I think would be good because he seemed to put in a conscious effort to do everything right based on the basics--he also had the skill to go along with it.
I've heard that too. The game is so easy for them, thus they expect the same from players not as gifted.
I wasn't a big fan of the hire in general, not so much specifically cause of him but more the optics and situation around it, especially bringing Norm Maciver, But as for how he's he's actually performed so far I have no real problems.
You weren’t a fan of the hire, no surprise there, because of optics, yeah sure, that’s what you call it. Face it you weren’t a fan because you know nothing about the guy, Norm Maciver has nothing to do with what Richardson will bring in as a coach, and you have no real problem with what he has done lately, so quick to judge, show a little optimism.
Exactly
Why categorizes this as a dumpster dive signing? Maybe you would like Debeor or Trotz or another one of those types of carousel coaches, coach a few years, maybe make the conference finals have a winning record, but hey I guess paying the big bucks brings you championships type coaches.
What the **** are you babbling about?
No one at the moment. Dumpster dive refers to a cheap signing. Try reading the whole post.....I'm guessing he won't be the guy coaching when they are ready to make a run. Doubtful any name coach would step into this mess right now anyway. I see Richardson as a "B" to "A" guy. "A" guy comes later. Examples....Doug Collins to Phil Jackson, Rick Renteria to Joe Maddon or Denis Savard to Coach Q.
