Teams don't have that "belief or fire" w/ AV. He's a winning coach but not a "winner"

With a much younger team next year....AV has no business being the coach. He had Torts team when they made cup for for a few years, but nothing else.
- rrentz

Torts lost the team and had to go, same with AV. I would say to pull an Uncle Lou and fire the coach and maybe make the playoffs, but Gorts and Slats have already thrown in the towel on the season.
I don't care if he gave AV an extension, admit your mistake and move on like he did with Smith.

Torts lost the team and had to go, same with AV. I would say to pull an Uncle Lou and fire the coach and maybe make the playoffs, but Gorts and Slats have already thrown in the towel on the season.
I don't care if he gave AV an extension, admit your mistake and move on like he did with Smith.
- Fenrir[/quote]

....and Trottier

You absolutely can, arguing about them is perfectly fine, it's when people start name calling like children because of the opposing view, there are certain things that will irritate me more, one of them is AV at this point
- KreiderBomb

In my defense, I almost never name call. Well except to call you crazy.. haha, which you freely admit. I called Tom a Richard last night, but that was after he called me an idiot, so I get a mulligan on that one.

Torts lost the team and had to go, same with AV. I would say to pull an Uncle Lou and fire the coach and maybe make the playoffs, but Gorts and Slats have already thrown in the towel on the season.
I don't care if he gave AV an extension, admit your mistake and move on like he did with Smith.
- Fenrir

The only problem I can see with AV is the team does start playing better an Gorts gets cold feet and doesn't let him Ruff and Arniel go in the summer. That would be bad news.

How do you have to time to do all this stats?!?! Lmao
- Slimtj100

It begins with not having to deliver any mail, yet keeping myself in shape at 5'10" and 165 lbs. through my involvement with hockey both on the ice and off.

[quote=Fenrir]Torts lost the team and had to go, same with AV. I would say to pull an Uncle Lou and fire the coach and maybe make the playoffs, but Gorts and Slats have already thrown in the towel on the season.
I don't care if he gave AV an extension, admit your mistake and move on like he did with Smith.
- rrentz[/quote]

....and Trottier

I was thinking about that debacle the other day. Oh man.
I want Ken Hitchcock. He would have been the perfect hire after leaving the Blues.

Now that AV called Hank out, the exit interview with Gorts should be interesting. AV has to go.
- Fenrir

... especially since it was Hank alone who led him to his successful record here prior to this season, and may have saved his job even back then.

The only problem I can see with AV is the team does start playing better an Gorts gets cold feet and doesn't let him Ruff and Arniel go in the summer. That would be bad news.
- mdw7413

Good point. Gorton might get lulled into thinking AV turned the team around at the last moment.

Screw it, I hopping on the Tommy Tank Train if that's what it takes to get rid of AV.

I was thinking about that debacle the other day. Oh man.
I want Ken Hitchcock. He would have been the perfect hire after leaving the Blues.
- Fenrir

Trots came to interview w/ a fuucking binder!!! That is what sold him to management

It begins with not having to deliver any mail, yet keeping myself in shape at 5'10" and 165 lbs. through my involvement with hockey both on the ice and off.
- RangerSaver

I do get the sense I’m the only one works an honest living around here y’all stealing from the man or somethin

I was thinking about that debacle the other day. Oh man.
I want Ken Hitchcock. He would have been the perfect hire after leaving the Blues.
- Fenrir

I wanted Gallant. Remember when we always played the Cats he always praised the Rangers after a win.

Deangelo looked pretty good last night setting up with passes
- Slimtj100

I worry about Deangelo mostly defensive wise.

I do get the sense I’m the only one works an honest living around here y’all stealing from the man or somethin
- Slimtj100

I sell crack and scam old people on email

Trots came to interview w/ a fuucking binder!!! That is what sold him to management
- rrentz

Can't forget that! He was like a kid bringing home an "A" to hang on the fridge.
Seems he's been an assistant in Buffalo since 2014.

I sell crack and scam old people on email
- mdw7413

OK you get a pass haha

I wanted Gallant. Remember when we always played the Cats he always praised the Rangers after a win.
- mdw7413

Sather should have offered to give him a ride to NY when they dumped his ass in Carolina.

Sather should have offered to give him a ride to NY when they dumped his ass in Carolina.
- Fenrir

Exactly

I sell crack and scam old people on email
- mdw7413

Did you get the money I wired???
Please let my daughter go!!

So you think Hank is so fragile he cant have a coach mention that goaltending is inconsistent. And lets be honest, Hank has probably been the best player with Nash this season, but Hank has said many times in post games he has been inconsistent throughout the year.

My opinion is people are blowing this so out of proportion just to have something to complain about. And Hank is a big boy, I think he can brush off the horrible awful insult of being called inconsistent, which he pretty much showed everybody last night by getting 2 standing ovations.
- mdw7413

My concern isn't Hank it's AV running his mouth to the media, deflecting blame like a coward, Hank has been anything other than inconsistent, from November until probably the all star break there have been 3 goalies that were heads above the rest, Rask, Vasilevsky and Hank, there was no inconsistency in that time period, bad October and so far a bad February but how can you blame him now outside of that Bergeron goal for this debacle?

Did you get the money I wired???
Please let my daughter go!!
- Fenrir

Wrong guy.... I was the one who will deposit 100k in your bank account but I need 10k from you to be able to do that for you.

Wrong guy.... I was the one who will deposit 100k in your bank account but I need 10k from you to be able to do that for you.
- mdw7413

Crap. Thought it was Captain, but she's 19 so way too old.
I'll get right on that. Just PM'ed my bank account number.

My concern isn't Hank it's AV running his mouth to the media, deflecting blame like a coward, Hank has been anything other than inconsistent, from November until probably the all star break there have been 3 goalies that were heads above the rest, Rask, Vasilevsky and Hank, there was no inconsistency in that time period, bad October and so far a bad February but how can you blame him now outside of that Bergeron goal for this debacle?
- KreiderBomb

I don't blame Hank at all. Hank is the MVP of this team this year. I just don't think what AV said was a big deal. This is not a defense of AV, I want him gone, its a defense of what was said. I really dont think it was all that bad. I've had coaches literally screaming and cursing in my face and didn't bother me that much.

Crap. Thought it was Captain, but she's 19 so way too old.
I'll get right on that. Just PM'ed my bank account number.
- Fenrir

I do get the sense I’m the only one works an honest living around here y’all stealing from the man or somethin
- Slimtj100

In my case, it's due to honest living and accumulating savings when I was younger at work, in addition to my hockey involvements year round still today preventing me from having that other free time to get involved in other ways. In fact, work along with that hockey involvement forced me to end my seasons ticket plan with a friend, which I had from the early 1980's through the 1992/93 season. So I will accept some credit for them ending that 54 year curse in the 1993/94 season.

Well, that was a fun read catching up from last night.
- Fenrir

You're a better man than me. I couldn't do it. After three pages of the same stupid arguments I gave up.

Last night they showed some energy & pushback. Can't believe people think we should lose every single game. Even if we do, it's not guaranteed we'll get the first overall pick. Even if we get the first overall pick it's not guaranteed we'll select who the player everybody on here wants.

Bottom line is that the players are professional athletes. You don't play to lose games. Have they played well for most of the season? No. But they're not purposely trying to lose games. What benefit does that have? Do you think they care or are thinking that if they play bad we'll be saved next year by getting a great draft pick? That's ridiculous. Most of the guys have no control of whether they will be here next year or not. This is such a stupid discussion.

Rant over.