kaos Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Link http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=884824 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXx..CK..xXx Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Happy for 2 minutes until I saw I wasn't going to be the first one to bring the news to HabsWorld. Now let's go get some players. Good news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Fantastic. Glad to see him return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehjay Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 NICE!!!! we got a translator GO! GO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuternoga Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Finally something good happened Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meller93 Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 OM JESUS BYS. Capitan Kirk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbhatt Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Thank God...finally a functioning brain behind the bench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Fantastic news!! Welcome home, Captain Kirk!! That said, can somebody please explain to me the difference between an 'associate' coach and an 'assistant' coach? The former sounds more impressive, but are we really just talking synonyms here? I'd also be interested to know how much input Therrien had. It was a pretty quick decision, and I kinda doubt that Therrien was telling MB 'ya know, I need yet another assistant...especially one with head coaching credentials' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 That said, can somebody please explain to me the difference between an 'associate' coach and an 'assistant' coach? The former sounds more impressive, but are we really just talking synonyms here? I've seen associate mean two different things - #2 in command behind the head coach (such as Crawford in Ottawa) or a level below the assistants. I think (and hope) we're looking at the former in this case. Otherwise, I doubt he'd have signed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 There will be a press conference but everything ive read says he is the #2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoRP Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Yes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Pat Hickey noted that during 5 yrs as Assistant, the Habs PP was 1,1, 15, 2, 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habsfan84 Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Really like the hire. Never wanted Muller to leave back in the day but understood he needed the opportunity. The Habs now have someone who can take over if need be. Good to have but maybe not greatest news for Therrien. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trizzak Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Hope. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neech Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Do we finally have someone who can have good chemistry with PK? Too bad he wasn't a D-man too, but we should have a premiere PP quarterback in PK and Muller might be the man to get us there. Hopefully this is only the first ball to drop in a big summer for MB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 According to a Habs beat reporter, Guy Boucher was originally offered the associate position if he didn't find a head coaching job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 It's amazing how a relatively minor hire like this helps, psychologically. We needed SOME sort of change, some meaningful signal that everything isn't hunky dory in Bergevin's eyes after an all-time disastrous season. I think Brian is right and Muller is the #2. That's a consequential shake-up in the coaching dynamic. I'm also wondering whether it's effectively putting Therrien on notice. Unilingual Muller may not be a plausible candidate for the permanent head coaching job, but he certainly would be a qualified, credible mid-season replacement for MT, giving us the space to do a proper search at season's end (and also to test, perhaps, the market's willingness to tolerate unilingualism from a well-liked former Hab). This is another reason to like the move...if, as many of us have feared, Therrien has lost, or is in the process of losing, the room, we now have a go-to alternative within the system. Great move, MB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXx..CK..xXx Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 My question is why doesn't he accept the offer to stay in St. Louis after a relatively successful season? Is it simply that he wanted a multi year deal somewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Multi-year deal? More money? He's always been comfortable in Montreal? There could be a number of reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habs rule Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Fork! I am so forking happy. This is forking great. HE KNOWS HOW A POWER PLAY WORKS. yahoo yahooo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXx..CK..xXx Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Multi-year deal? More money? He's always been comfortable in Montreal? There could be a number of reasons. Yeah, I guess I was assuming that he wouldn't have been in talks with any other teams at that point in time. No reason for that to be the case though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stogey24 Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 According to a Habs beat reporter, Guy Boucher was originally offered the associate position if he didn't find a head coaching job. Really eh. That surprises me. Just seems like Boucher would be breathing down Therrien's neck. I guess Muller is probably chomping at the bit too though Habs PP from 2006-11 (w/Muller): 21.6% (2nd) Habs PP since 2011 (w/o Muller): 16.7% (26th) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habsfan84 Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Multi-year deal? More money? He's always been comfortable in Montreal? There could be a number of reasons. Other reasons could be that its closer to his hometown of Kingston and he has a daughter that is attending McGill. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 My question is why doesn't he accept the offer to stay in St. Louis after a relatively successful season? Is it simply that he wanted a multi year deal somewhere? Armstrong said he was a candidate for the head coach position when Hitchcock retired but Muller and Shaw had to take one year deals. Both walked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoRP Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 If you saw this as an opportunity to maybe have a large say in the on ice department right now, and as an opportunity to maybe get a shot to be head coach of the Montreal Canadiens, with who you have won a cup and was a hero in the fans eyes, why would you ever stay in St.Louis? Love this news, one of my all time favorite Habs, a true leader and "players coach"...for us Hab fans, it's ONLY good news! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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