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waynerivers:
I'm going back to what I said months ago. Alan May would be a great pick. He's always quickly diagnosing the team's problems, he's very familiar with the organization, he's a bit of an old school guy and, as a former player, will command respect and he'll come much more cheaply than Gallant or any of the retreads. I'm not sure why picking guys who have never really succeeded (outside of Babcock) is a good idea. Remember, every one of these veteran coaches started out with no HC experience at one point. Give May a shot. At least interview him.
richkrt99:
--- Quote from: waynerivers on Thursday August 27, 2020, 11:11:08 AM Eastern ---I'm going back to what I said months ago. Alan May would be a great pick. He's always quickly diagnosing the team's problems, he's very familiar with the organization, he's a bit of an old school guy and, as a former player, will command respect and he'll come much more cheaply than Gallant or any of the retreads. I'm not sure why picking guys who have never really succeeded (outside of Babcock) is a good idea. Remember, every one of these veteran coaches started out with no HC experience at one point. Give May a shot. At least interview him.
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I love Alan May and think he might very well make a good coach. He knows the game and has an edge to him (that they let show on occasion). He certainly does know this team and organization well so that is a plus. He appears to be a smart enough guy, but he has virtually zero coaching experience. That would be a bit of a risk and goes against what GMBM said in the presser...."We want a guy with HC experience" so I don't see that as realistic at THIS point.
That and who knows if he would be interested in dealing with all the BS. Maybe he likes his part time armchair analysis work life.
Maybe you bring Hooks (Brooks Orpik) into the fold as an assistant? (If you are going the Alan May local yocal route.) But then you have two guys with no coaching experience so not sure that works well.
I would imagine our current assistant coaches will be toast if they bring in a big name HC....allowing him to pull in guys he wants.
Hey, nobody's brought up Adam Oates...what's he doing these days :lol: :raised-eyebrow: :raspberry:
zerofox:
While Alan May could potentially be a good coach, I don't think now is the time to experiment. The championship window of the Ovechkin era will close in a few years and I'm not sure it's a good idea to give May a chance to see if he could potentially be a good coach. I think it's time to bring in someone who is proven. If it doesn't work out then oh well, at least we can't say it was a silly experiment.
I would not be opposed to May being coach in the future, but not now.
waynerivers:
--- Quote from: richkrt99 on Thursday August 27, 2020, 12:53:15 PM Eastern ---
I love Alan May and think he might very well make a good coach. He knows the game and has an edge to him (that they let show on occasion). He certainly does know this team and organization well so that is a plus. He appears to be a smart enough guy, but he has virtually zero coaching experience. That would be a bit of a risk and goes against what GMBM said in the presser...."We want a guy with HC experience" so I don't see that as realistic at THIS point.
That and who knows if he would be interested in dealing with all the BS. Maybe he likes his part time armchair analysis work life.
Maybe you bring Hooks (Brooks Orpik) into the fold as an assistant? (If you are going the Alan May local yocal route.) But then you have two guys with no coaching experience so not sure that works well.
I would imagine our current assistant coaches will be toast if they bring in a big name HC....allowing him to pull in guys he wants.
Hey, nobody's brought up Adam Oates...what's he doing these days :lol: :raised-eyebrow: :raspberry:
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May very well may not be interested but you don't know unless you ask him. As for not having HC experience, all of the other guys being mentioned didn't have it at one point, either. We also need to ask why all of the guys being mentioned are unemployed and what they've really won so far. Good coaches can't be made, IMO. Guys either have it or they don't but we'll never know about May unless he gets a chance. What we do know is that nobody is chomping at the bit for the guys currently available.
As for the Cup window, I'd say it's very tiny at this point without both a good HC and some more upgrades both on defense and up front. The team looked slow and old against the Isles and had virtually no sense of urgency. They have to trim some dead wood to have any hope no matter who is coach.
alta:
May has coached in the minors, depends what he's being paid now and if he's happy with it, and if he wants his blood pressure to go up or not
the next person that mentions oates is getting banned :raspberry:
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