Gretzky to coach the Coyotes
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Pasi Nurminen
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He'll bomb, particularly with the mediocre roster the Coyotes have put together (too old, too lazy, washed up, etc). As you said, first rate players never make good coaches, it's always the third/fourth line grinders that become great coaches because they understand the everything it takes to win, while elite scorers are just that, scorers, and can't teach the complete game after having made a career out of one dimension of it.
pboily
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I agree with the thought, but if you've seen Gretzky play in his prime, you know he was the furthest thing from a one dimensional player. In his days, a good game ended up 8-5, not 2-0.
Besides, with the recent flurry of free agent signing in Pitt, and Gretzky's ascension to the bench, it's clear that there is a movement to bring back that kind of free-wheeling hockey, where each skater had basically one responsiblity: get some goals in. As long as your goaltender doesn't let in more than 4 goals, you should be fine.
Besides, with the recent flurry of free agent signing in Pitt, and Gretzky's ascension to the bench, it's clear that there is a movement to bring back that kind of free-wheeling hockey, where each skater had basically one responsiblity: get some goals in. As long as your goaltender doesn't let in more than 4 goals, you should be fine.
Pasi Nurminen said:
Most great players who become coaches fail ( Magic Johnson,Howie,ect....) because they know things instinctively that lessor players have to learn and they can not understand why it takes them 2-3 tries to learn what they've know since they were 15 years old. They get frustrated.
SuperBeaverInc.
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Even with Gretzky as coach the Coyotes aren't going to do very well.
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pboily said:
Doesn't matter. In his prime, Gretzky wasn't put on the ice to kill penalties, lay the punishing body check, instigate a fight, or get revenge on a guy who had injured one of his own. He was put on the ice to score. This goes for all scorers, all throughout every era of the game, no matter what his other abilities, a scorer exists to score.
And have you seen Gretzky play in his prime? Dullest games ever. No hitting, no forechecking, no fisticuffs, no fighting your way to the net and withstanding a beating while there, etc. Just watch a game from the 88 finals to know what I mean. Goal after goal after goal, but none of the gritty stuff that makes hockey great.
Highest scoring games are always the least interesting.
pboily
fingerlickinmathematickin
I have seen Gretzky play in person, twice (in 1986 against Les Nordiques) and in 1987 (against Les Canadiens). Best damn hockey player I had seen up to then, and best (by a long, long shot) since then. The man turned Charlie Huddy and every what's-his-name he every played with into stars. Hell, I could have scored 20 goals playing with him.
Plus, Quebec crowds are very partisan, and to see an Ontario boy lay down the law like that... you'd think they would have hated him with a passion. But people could only stare and shake their heads.
As for the greatness of the new-age "gritty" hockey, well, it's a bit like music: you like what you grew up with.
I came of age at a time when hockey was free flowing and goals came a mile a minute. If you think that meant there was no physical intensity during the games, you haven't seen the likes of Harold Snepts, Brad Parks and Dave Semenko lace up the skates. It was beautiful.
I'm going to guess you grew up with the left-wing lock and the trap and defensive strategies. If you enjoyed 80's hockey, that'd be surpising.
Plus, Quebec crowds are very partisan, and to see an Ontario boy lay down the law like that... you'd think they would have hated him with a passion. But people could only stare and shake their heads.
As for the greatness of the new-age "gritty" hockey, well, it's a bit like music: you like what you grew up with.
I came of age at a time when hockey was free flowing and goals came a mile a minute. If you think that meant there was no physical intensity during the games, you haven't seen the likes of Harold Snepts, Brad Parks and Dave Semenko lace up the skates. It was beautiful.
I'm going to guess you grew up with the left-wing lock and the trap and defensive strategies. If you enjoyed 80's hockey, that'd be surpising.
joycem10
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pboily said:
God I miss Hockey in the 80s and early 90s.
De Lorimier
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Gretzky will be surrounded by interesting assistants.
Barry Smith has been an assistant in Detroit for years under Scotty Bowman, do I need to say more? I'm sure he learned a lot from Scotty and he will be an important asset of Wayne's coaching staff.
Rick Tocchet wasn't a bad hockey player in his days. He was a true power-forward and has some experience behind the bench acquired the last two seasons in Colorado.
Rick Bowness is a moron.
Hey! Two out of three ain't bad!
Barry Smith has been an assistant in Detroit for years under Scotty Bowman, do I need to say more? I'm sure he learned a lot from Scotty and he will be an important asset of Wayne's coaching staff.
Rick Tocchet wasn't a bad hockey player in his days. He was a true power-forward and has some experience behind the bench acquired the last two seasons in Colorado.
Rick Bowness is a moron.
Hey! Two out of three ain't bad!
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