alfredoh2009 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 The Canadiens have named Martin St. Louis interim head coach.#GoHabsGohttps://t.co/L4K3X65tsS — Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) February 9, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 This is insane. The guy has zero meaningful coaching experience. I know it's only interim. But this makes me VERY concerned about whether we have just hired Houle 2.0 as our management team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfredoh2009 Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 Just now, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said: This is insane. The guy has zero meaningful coaching experience. I know it's only interim. But this makes me VERY concerned about whether we have just hired Houle 2.0 as our management team. I hope that you and I are wrong to feel the same way about this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habsfan89 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Ahhhhhhh the tank is still good👍👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neech Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 I like it - and it's a PR coup. The media will love Marty, he'll bring a breath of fresh air and take the focus off the struggling (and absent) players. Who better to mentor our little genius Cole than the greatest small guy MVP of all time? We can continue to be awful and any tiny improvement will be a step in the right direction, while we continue the search for the best longterm candidate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 30 minutes ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said: This is insane. The guy has zero meaningful coaching experience. I know it's only interim. But this makes me VERY concerned about whether we have just hired Houle 2.0 as our management team. I expect that his primary role will be to show leadership, and to enable players to be motivated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMAC Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 This is not madness. This is brilliant. If St.Louis shows well the Canadiens will win some games, but not enough to impact our draft pick and they can sign him for the first couple of years of the re-set. If not, they have a full off season to conduct the search for a replacement. Right now, the Canadiens need a new, fresh voice with credibility and Hhof and Stanley Cup winner M. StLouis ticks all those boxes. Besides, who else that we would want was available mid-season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 30 minutes ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said: This is insane. The guy has zero meaningful coaching experience. I know it's only interim. But this makes me VERY concerned about whether we have just hired Houle 2.0 as our management team. Hes an interim coach that will bring a positive vibe to the dressing room. Id hate it as a long term solution but as a bandaid til summer its good. It changes the environment and he was a hero to guys of the age that caufield, suzuki, poehling, evans are so he will have their respect and should help their development short term. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Id also point out that its madness to compare Jeff Gorton (who did a good job as a GM with two different teams) to Reggie Houle. Come on CC, you know better than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hab29RETIRED Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 35 minutes ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said: This is insane. The guy has zero meaningful coaching experience. I know it's only interim. But this makes me VERY concerned about whether we have just hired Houle 2.0 as our management team. I agree he has zero experience. But I think he has a Brind’Amour type of personality, and could well be successful. Not bad for the start of the rebulild. The only downside is that, I think it means Caufield probably won’t be sent down. However, given St Louis’s path to the NHL, I think he will be good for Caufield, and probably also be more insistent to his bosses to demote Caufield, if he doesn’t think Caufield belongs in the NHL yet. I think we should see an improvement in Petry and some of the veterans as well. St Louis isn’t an obnoxious loudmouth like Tremblay, and St. Louis isn’t replacing Demers. it shows how bad the situation is when even a guy with no experience is better than DD. Hell, even the hot dog vendor would probably have made better decisions than DD has over that last few months. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXx..CK..xXx Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 My main concern is that Marty takes us on a deep playoff run this season due to the influx of fresh blood. Only for his true colours to come out next season, in turn bringing our team back to earth. Oh wait, that already sort of happened to us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hab29RETIRED Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 9 minutes ago, PMAC said: This is not madness. This is brilliant. If St.Louis shows well the Canadiens will win some games, but not enough to impact our draft pick and they can sign him for the first couple of years of the re-set. If not, they have a full off season to conduct the search for a replacement. Right now, the Canadiens need a new, fresh voice with credibility and Hhof and Stanley Cup winner M. StLouis ticks all those boxes. Besides, who else that we would want was available mid-season? Agree 100% given the language limitation, and tje extent to which DD lost the team, I think it’s a great move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLassister Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 He might just have been promised another job for next season within the organisation and act as « eyes in the locker room » until then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHT120 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 22 minutes ago, JoeLassister said: He might just have been promised another job for next season within the organisation and act as « eyes in the locker room » until then. Totally agree ... that makes a lot of sense ... allows for a full coach search after the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbhatt Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Great...a Quebecois celebrity hire. If that's all this management group wanted as a placeholder with no coaching experience, why not think bigger? Hire A-list Quebecois celebrity Georges St. Pierre instead! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfredoh2009 Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 1 minute ago, sbhatt said: Great...a Quebecois celebrity hire. If that's all this management group wanted as a placeholder with no coaching experience, why not think bigger? Hire A-list Quebecois celebrity Georges St. Pierre instead! Or Kim St. Pierre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfredoh2009 Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share Posted February 10, 2022 42 minutes ago, JoeLassister said: He might just have been promised another job for next season within the organisation and act as « eyes in the locker room » until then. that is what Anthony Marcotte is reporting: Un homme de hockey bien branché dans le monde du hockey me fait part de sa théorie: St-Louis arrive pour assurer l'interim et évaluer les joueurs en place dans les derniers mois de la saison et accède ensuite au poste d'AGM. Et Patrick Roy arriverait entraîneur l'an prochain. — Anthony Marcotte (@anthonymarcotte) February 9, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 He's not reporting that. He said a well-connected person shared that theory with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfredoh2009 Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share Posted February 10, 2022 15 minutes ago, dlbalr said: He's not reporting that. He said a well-connected person shared that theory with him. Is that more of a rumour then? I don’t know where to put this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLassister Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 I swear the man « bien branché dans le monde du hockey » isn’t me. I played baseball against Torrey Mitchell and Pierre-Marc Bouchard when I was about 10 years old. That’s how connected to hockey world I am. 😂 (Not true, I’ve been playing softball against Simon-Olivier Lorange from LaPresse for like 8 years now. And I know Meeker Guerrier from RDS on a first name basis.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Well, I still don't like it. The Brind'Amour parallel overlooks the fact that Brind'Amour was an NHL assistant coach for years. The optimism here seems to be based on the idea that St Louis is a cool guy, so he'll do great. So was Boom Boom Geoffrion; so was Wayne Gretzky; so was Dirk Graham; so was Mario Tremblay, believe it or not; and look how these cases turned out. I do not agree that charisma is a substitute for coaching acumen - especially not over time. Now maybe St Louis comes in, is a breath of fresh air, helps change the culture, gives Caufield some mentoring, and f**ks off at season's end. Fine. What I worry about is that he will be a PR coup and have the French media fawning over him, and his early returns will be good enough that we then lock him down to a longer-term deal. Then, inevitably, his complete amateurism will manifest - compromising future seasons, making the organization a gong show yet again, and damaging player development. I would also point out that those calling for DD's firing have taken the position that substantial damage will be done by having an incompetent coach for the season's 40 games. But there is no reason at all - zero- to think that St Louis is a competent coach, other than the belief that he's a cool guy and was a great player. This is simply not a job for amateurs, no matter how charismatic or beloved. P.S: if Roy is hired, we can kiss goodbye to the next decade, since Hugh-Gort will at that point be proven to be incompetent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habsfan89 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Why would anyone that isn't from Montreal or Quebec want to work for the habs organization as part of the coaching staff or management staff? You have no opportunity to move up in the organization to some day become head coach of the team or GM of the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 59 minutes ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said: Now maybe St Louis comes in, is a breath of fresh air, helps change the culture, gives Caufield some mentoring, and f**ks off at season's end. Fine. What I worry about is that he will be a PR coup and have the French media fawning over him, and his early returns will be good enough that we then lock him down to a longer-term deal. I'm with you on this part. I am hoping that he is maybe targeted for a front-office role from next season on rather than a coaching role, and for now he'll be a placeholder and a chief cheerleader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 17 minutes ago, Habsfan89 said: Why would anyone that isn't from Montreal or Quebec want to work for the habs organization as part of the coaching staff or management staff? You have no opportunity to move up in the organization to some day become head coach of the team or GM of the team. You mean, "why would anyone who doesn't speak French want to [be] part of the coaching staff or management staff?" And it is ONLY the head coach and GM of whom bilingualism is required. For anyone else, it can be a fantastic opportunity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 1 hour ago, alfredoh2009 said: Is that more of a rumour then? I don’t know where to put this It's not even a rumour. It's one guy's guess as to what could happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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