5 NHL coaches you hate the most

[Inultus 12]

So, to go along with the player thread, what coaches do you hate? For me, a few spring to mind immediately:

Marc Crawford (Kings, formely Avalanche)

Craig MacTavish (Edmonton)

Wayne Gretzky (Phoenix)

Lindy Ruff (Buffalo)

Ron Wilson (San Jose)

[Reds4Life 51]

1a. Crawford

1b. Gretzky

3. Renney

4. Wilson

5. Ruff

[BeeRYCE 2]

1. Paul Maurice

2. Marc Crawford

3. John Tortorella

4. Craig MacTavish

5. Wayne Gretzky

[BeeRYCE 2]

Five favourites actually, are...

1. Babcock

2. Savard

3. Carbonneau

4. Ruff

5. KEENAN

[Jwo 7]

1. Ron Wilson

2. Andy Murray

3. Craig Mactavish

4. Randy Carlyle

5. Marc crawford

[OsGOD 3]

1) Wayne Gretzky....aka the "baby"

2) Wayne Gretzky....aka the "baby"

3) Wayne Gretzky....aka the "baby"

4) Wayne Gretzky....aka the "baby"

5) Wayne Gretzky....aka the "baby"

He is that big of a disgrace to coaches that he takes up all 5

[DEVILSWATERBOY 10]

Her is the 5 that come to mind

1) Crawford

2) Keenan

3)Wilson

4) MacTavish

5) Carlyle

[hamip1998 3]

1. Paul Maurice

2. Marc Crawford

3. John Tortorella

4. Craig MacTavish

5. Wayne Gretzky

I actually like Tortorella...not because he is a stellar coach (which he is NOT), but because he is as blunt as a 2x4 with the press which can sometimes be very entertaining.

1. Crawfish

2. MacTavish

3. Ron "Hanta Yo" Wilson

4. Joel Quenneville 4a. Carlyle

5. Keenan

Edited February 5, 2008 by hamip1998

[servo 15]

Barry Melrose

Marc Crawford

Mike Keenan

Ron Wilson

Ken Hitchcock

[Inultus 12]

Ahh, Crawford is on everyone's list, which is to be expected I suppose.

[OsGOD 3]

Crawford Entertains me actually. I don't hate him, he kinda makes me laugh. but then again, i have a soft spot for Coach Bombay.

Edited February 5, 2008 by OsGOD

[RedFX 48]

1. Crawford-I don't think its coincidence that two of the NHL's biggest cheap-shots transpired under his watch

2. Wilson-Actually teaches his players how to slash opponents before the face-off

3. Carlyle-A team full of cheap players, it wasn't that way in years past

4. Keenan-A good coach, but he always seem to create some sort of conflict amongst his players

5. MacTavish-HARVEY! NOOOOOOO!!!!

[Yzerfan1999 81]

1. Ron Wilson

2. Randy Carlysle

3. Lindy Ruff

4. Crawford

5. Keenen - I actually think he is a terrible coach.

Favs.

1. Babcock

2. Carbonneau

3. Gretzky

4. Sutter

5. Therien

[umredwing11 2]

1. Crawford

2. Crawford

3. Crawford

4. Gretzky

5. Trotz

And while we've already had a top 5 least favorite players and least favorite coaches, I need to add in Brian Burke as my least favorite GM.

Edited February 5, 2008 by umredwing11

[akustyk 84]

why do you have to hate player, hate coach, hate zamboni driver, etc. ?

I mean... Jesus... those are not all likeable types but do they deserve as much as hatred?

my list of coaches I dislike is:

1. Crawford

2. Playfair

3. Hitchcock

4. Trotz

5. Carlyle, but I also have a lot of respect for him

yeah, and Burke's whiny ass certainly wins any competition to the most disliked GM.

it's a shame to see people kiss his ass when he whines like crazy about other GM's

expelling rules (see: Penner), and then himself signs players in the middle of the

season (see: Scotty "All Star" Niedermayer and Selanne) taking advantage of reduced

cap hit... I'd love to see this bunch of goons miss the playoffs

[Saran 1]

I only have two, don't really care about the rest.

1. Gretzky (although I love how mad he got when Datsyuk pwned the coyotoes, so funny)

2. Crawford

[alienanxiety 23]

1. Marc Crawford (hitman contractor)

2. Ron Wilson (ego-maniac)

3. Craig MacTavish (drunk driver/man slaughterer)

4. Wayne Gretzky (cry baby/sissy)

5. Ken Hitchock (Paul Bearer)

[Lou_Siffer 1]

1) Craig MacTavish

2) Ken Hitchcock

Thats really it unless im forgetting some guys.

[Kp-Wings 3]

1. Crawford

2. Trotz

3. Hitchcock

4. MacTavish

5. Gretzky

I don't know how you can all hate Tortorella, since he's one of the few guys in the league that actually has a personality, and doesn't give the usual "cookie cutter" interviews that over half the guys in the league usually do. He's funny as hell sometimes, since he never holds back.

...and as tempting as it was to put Ron Wilson on that list, if it weren't for him, we wouldn't have access to that comedic gold that's still funny 10 years later... HANTA YO BABY!!!!!!!!!!

[schulzte 18]

1) Crawford (Duh)

2) Jacque Lemaire (Hate the Neutral Zone Trap)

3) Mike Keenan (Slimeball)

4) Ron Wilson (No, Nabokov is not as good!)

5) Red Berenson (HA, he used to coach the St. Louis Blues, so my obligatory U of M dig is still legit!!)

[Nev 1,085]

Fatty Burns. I hated that team of his in Toronto with those no-class goons Tucker and Domi.

[Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204]

Ron Wilson (Hanta yo baby!!, No stanley cups LOL)

Joel Quennville (Whines like a baby)

Craig MacTavish (Shut the f*** up, you arent funny)

Mike Keenan (Retire already)

Marc Crawford (Hate him)

Favs

Babs

Gretzky

Paddock

Vigneault

Julien

[betterREDthandead 58]

Only one coach on the hate list. Marc Crawford.

[Yzerfan1999 81]

Fatty Burns. I hated that team of his in Toronto with those no-class goons Tucker and Domi.

I think you mean Fat Quinn. Burns was the Leafs coach in the early 90s, the Gilmour, Potvin, Clarke era. Quinn took over when our boy Tucker went to T.O.

p.s. sick signature.

Edited February 6, 2008 by Yzerfan1999

[awingsincebirth 0]

Ron Wilson (Hanta yo baby!!, No stanley cups LOL)

Joel Quennville (Whines like a baby)

Craig MacTavish (Shut the f*** up, you arent funny)

Mike Keenan (Retire already)

Marc Crawford (Hate him)

Favs

Babs

Gretzky

Paddock

Vigneault

Julien

Paddock?!?! Really?!? I've kind of come to hate that guy given that he has about as much personality as my left nut. I can't stand having to listen to his unbearably monotone press conferences, breathing into the mike heavier than a 400 pound fat guy running to catch an ice cream truck. That's just me tho I guess.