titanium2 867 Report post Posted June 6, 2010 he should take mccrimmon. I really want to blame McCrimmon for a lot of the defensive struggles but I don't know if it's fair. By title he is the defensive coach. Okay. But like I've said before, what does that really mean? The only thing that I know he does for sure is run drills with the defensemen and that he has some input on team strategy. Most of that, however, is on Babcock. McCrimmon, from what I understand, just implements Babcock's team strategy and only has a few suggestions here and there. I mean, didn't Joey Kocur used to run the offense? Remember that? How much input do you think he really had? It's not like we had a lot of people here that said, "Due to Kocur's coaching, Sergei has been red hot this past month and Zetterberg is up for the Calder trophy!" I just think that the assistant coaches are mainly there to implement the head coach's philosophy and offer suggestions that the head coach probably doesn't even listen to half the time. 1 F.Michael reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoOzzieGo 22 Report post Posted June 6, 2010 (edited) Does any of us actually know how well this Martin and Verbeek were actually performing in their job duties? Seeing as how they are such an integral part as well as being the face of the organization, I guessing some of you do. On the other hand. The Wing's organization has always been talked about as being loyal. Maybe these two....well....maybe they sucked at their jobs but the Wings were too loyal to fire them and Stevie has done Ilitch and Holland a great service by taking them on? "Whew! I'm glad Stevie took Verbeek.....now I don't have to fire his ass!" Edited June 6, 2010 by GoOzzieGo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
13dangledangle 965 Report post Posted June 6, 2010 Steve Yzerman is going to be an awesome GM with what we all hope will have a fairy tale ending (if you know what I mean;) but now Kenny has to show he has some jam....next year a Tampa-Detroit Final? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wings1110 184 Report post Posted June 6, 2010 you know what would have been easier just have made him assistant GM for 2 years and then GM after that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bring Back The Bruise Bros 1,029 Report post Posted June 6, 2010 Stevie! at least give us Konopka and we're even. teehee...maybe he learned from Ken Holland too well. If he wants any more Wings, he should look at the unrestricted free agents the Wings probably aren't going to sign, like Maltby. Williams,Lebda,Lilja,Meech,Miller... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
