Quick question on the Crawford hire... if he would have been hired for the head coaching job instead of Colliton, would anyone here have been all that excited (The last time he made the playoffs as a head coach was 03-04)? If not, then why is anyone excited about the prospect of Crawford taking over if/when Colliton is relieved?
If you would be excited that Crawford would be hired initially as head coach, please explain why. I'm not being a putz here, I'm just trying to figure out why anyone would be all that happy about Crawford as a coach. Two separate 2-year chances at being a coach since being dumped by Vancouver, and nothing.
- Chunk
Chunk, I get railed all the time , my idea was always when this kid was brought up to be the head coach, was surround him with at least one NHL former head coach. Did I think Mark Crawford should’ve been the First choice, maybe not but most of the X NHL head coaches have chosen to walk away and not take another job or have a ready been sucked up.
The guy coaching St. Louis I thought got a rod deal from his former team that he played his heart and soul out for. I am glad to see him have success, I like Berubes thoughts on how the game should be played, same with John Tortorella and a couple other coaches.
as I always say this is just my personal preference everybody else is entitled to their thoughts. I won’t get on here and call someone else stupid because they disagree with me. It’s not the way I roll and I’m not seeing anybody did.
now back to Mark Crawford, that is going to be interesting as someone pointed out because I know what his style is. And I’m sure he’s going to scratch his head when his goalie, Crawford gets rung upIn the crease and maybe other than Brent Seabrook most of his defense men lead by the great Gus just stand there and turn their head the other way.
I was at a game last year, when Corey Crawford first came back at the end of the season. And a player from the opposing team came into his space and basically what I would say cheap shot at him and the great Gustavsson was right there on top of the play and did nothing. If you can see body language I thought Corey Crawford Was going to hit him with the goalie stick instead of the player that ran him in his crease. By no means do I feel that’s all hockey should be about, but there were a few guys on their team last year that definitely did not play for the team and I’m sure it frustrated the captain and the vets. For as much as people railed Chris Kunitz , i’m sure he had something to say to a couple of those kids behind
closed doors. Hopefully the Hawks get Someone like that again maybe not as old what to anchor that bottom six.
So we will see how the coaching styles match. Hopefully it all works out for the best.
