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Post by SteveUL on May 17, 2007 7:42:53 GMT -5
Normally its the assitants that take charge of the special teams ... and we had a poor PP and PK all year ... probably the biggest rearson we did not advance in Round 1. I'm not so sure that our assistants were that good. You can have all the coaching you want, the PP is heavily dependant on skill. The PK also to a certain extent. I know Flynn is a good tactician but to expect him to have last year's PP among the best in the Q is pretty unrealistic. Our biggest problem with the PP was the way that MacDonald was handling the puck ... we had all sorts of skill on the point ... and decent puck handlers up front. The biggest problem was that the slow puck movement issue was never identified and corrected ... it plagued us in the first half ... and continued to plague us in the playoffs. Thats a coaching issue in my book ... a problem that should have been easy to correct.
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Post by Cristobal Huet on May 17, 2007 8:27:36 GMT -5
You can have all the coaching you want, the PP is heavily dependant on skill. The PK also to a certain extent. I know Flynn is a good tactician but to expect him to have last year's PP among the best in the Q is pretty unrealistic. Our biggest problem with the PP was the way that MacDonald was handling the puck ... we had all sorts of skill on the point ... and decent puck handlers up front. The biggest problem was that the slow puck movement issue was never identified and corrected ... it plagued us in the first half ... and continued to plague us in the playoffs. Thats a coaching issue in my book ... a problem that should have been easy to correct. Torchetti knew what the problem was and tried to correct it, but Welton MacDonald and Marquardt made too many individual plays on the PP.
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Post by Peter Loubardias on May 17, 2007 11:23:52 GMT -5
I think Flynn was a great choice. He is already familiar with the organization, not so much the players because not too many of them are left from the season that Flynn was with the team. Everyone knows that Flynn was the brains behind our team last season, running the practices, etc .. I think he can do good things with this team. Improving the special teams for starters. And I see Flynn as a guy who may stay a few years with the team .. I realize he did sign a 4 year contract.
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Post by SteveUL on May 17, 2007 11:26:33 GMT -5
Our biggest problem with the PP was the way that MacDonald was handling the puck ... we had all sorts of skill on the point ... and decent puck handlers up front. The biggest problem was that the slow puck movement issue was never identified and corrected ... it plagued us in the first half ... and continued to plague us in the playoffs. Thats a coaching issue in my book ... a problem that should have been easy to correct. Torchetti knew what the problem was and tried to correct it, but Welton MacDonald and Marquardt made too many individual plays on the PP. The entire PP revolved around Macdonald ... and he was always too slow in moving the puck ... he overhandled it everytime and then his shooting lane was gone. He had a bad habit of stickhandling the puck 2 or 3 times once he received a pass ... giving the defender time to fill in the lane. It didn't help that when he wanted to one-time a shot the pass was rarely where he needed it ... and he was unable to adjust to a pass that was slightly off. Yandle last year was quick getting rid of the puck ... and could quickly adjust when a pass wasn't where he needed it for a one-time release. If Torchetti had identified the problem ... he really did nothing to address it ... because the problem never disappeared.
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Post by Cristobal Huet on May 17, 2007 12:25:39 GMT -5
Torchetti knew what the problem was and tried to correct it, but Welton MacDonald and Marquardt made too many individual plays on the PP. The entire PP revolved around Macdonald ... and he was always too slow in moving the puck ... he overhandled it everytime and then his shooting lane was gone. He had a bad habit of stickhandling the puck 2 or 3 times once he received a pass ... giving the defender time to fill in the lane. It didn't help that when he wanted to one-time a shot the pass was rarely where he needed it ... and he was unable to adjust to a pass that was slightly off. Yandle last year was quick getting rid of the puck ... and could quickly adjust when a pass wasn't where he needed it for a one-time release. If Torchetti had identified the problem ... he really did nothing to address it ... because the problem never disappeared. Correcting the problem would have required trading for new players or not trading a big chunk(Bourdon)...but everybody would hate him if he had not traded Bourdon and had moved Labelle and Riopel for a top playmaker for the PP(Morrison). You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink it.
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Post by SteveUL on May 17, 2007 12:27:18 GMT -5
The entire PP revolved around Macdonald ... and he was always too slow in moving the puck ... he overhandled it everytime and then his shooting lane was gone. He had a bad habit of stickhandling the puck 2 or 3 times once he received a pass ... giving the defender time to fill in the lane. It didn't help that when he wanted to one-time a shot the pass was rarely where he needed it ... and he was unable to adjust to a pass that was slightly off. Yandle last year was quick getting rid of the puck ... and could quickly adjust when a pass wasn't where he needed it for a one-time release. If Torchetti had identified the problem ... he really did nothing to address it ... because the problem never disappeared. Correcting the problem would have required trading for new players or not trading a big chunk(Bourdon)...but everybody would hate him if he had not traded Bourdon and had moved Labelle and Riopel for a top playmaker for the PP(Morrison). You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink it. Are you suggesting that problem couldn't be corrected with practice ?
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Post by anklegrinder on May 17, 2007 14:10:12 GMT -5
Torchetti knew what the problem was and tried to correct it, but Welton MacDonald and Marquardt made too many individual plays on the PP. The entire PP revolved around Macdonald ... and he was always too slow in moving the puck ... he overhandled it everytime and then his shooting lane was gone. He had a bad habit of stickhandling the puck 2 or 3 times once he received a pass ... giving the defender time to fill in the lane. It didn't help that when he wanted to one-time a shot the pass was rarely where he needed it ... and he was unable to adjust to a pass that was slightly off. Yandle last year was quick getting rid of the puck ... and could quickly adjust when a pass wasn't where he needed it for a one-time release. If Torchetti had identified the problem ... he really did nothing to address it ... because the problem never disappeared. The guy who coaches in the NHL couldn't identify the problem but the internet experts can??? Maybe if the fans had yelled shoot more when the Cats were on the powerplay!! It comes down to skill, Yandle was the best offensive defenseman in junior hockey and spent time in the NHL. He is obviously more skilled then Amac. You can coach the crap out of Jody Shelley he will never be an Ovechkin. The PP was bad this year because the overall skill level was not equivalent to the previous year.
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Post by jimmy on May 17, 2007 14:39:06 GMT -5
The entire PP revolved around Macdonald ... and he was always too slow in moving the puck ... he overhandled it everytime and then his shooting lane was gone. He had a bad habit of stickhandling the puck 2 or 3 times once he received a pass ... giving the defender time to fill in the lane. It didn't help that when he wanted to one-time a shot the pass was rarely where he needed it ... and he was unable to adjust to a pass that was slightly off. Yandle last year was quick getting rid of the puck ... and could quickly adjust when a pass wasn't where he needed it for a one-time release. If Torchetti had identified the problem ... he really did nothing to address it ... because the problem never disappeared. The guy who coaches in the NHL couldn't identify the problem but the internet experts can??? Maybe if the fans had yelled shoot more when the Cats were on the powerplay!! It comes down to skill, Yandle was the best offensive defenseman in junior hockey and spent time in the NHL. He is obviously more skilled then Amac. You can coach the crap out of Jody Shelley he will never be an Ovechkin. The PP was bad this year because the overall skill level was not equivalent to the previous year. The overall skill of the team was nowhere near last year - that I can buy ... our skill was nowhere near the top of the league, again, that I can buy ... but based on what they were able to get out of us 5 on 5, an average to above average team, there is no good reason for BOTH the PP AND the PK to be as atrocious as they were ... I don't think we should have been at or near the top of the league in those categories, but we should not have been dead last either. Someone dropped the ball from a strategy and teaching point of view ...
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Post by mbastarache on May 17, 2007 17:06:26 GMT -5
The video of the press conference is now on their website.
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Post by mbastarache on May 17, 2007 21:37:21 GMT -5
There is now a 10 minute interview with Danny Flynn at the cats website. Its really good. Outlines how he accepted the job, immediate plans for the summer and strategy for the club. Worth watching.
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Post by Milo on May 20, 2007 12:05:51 GMT -5
There is now a 10 minute interview with Danny Flynn at the cats website. Its really good. Outlines how he accepted the job, immediate plans for the summer and strategy for the club. Worth watching. I can't see this interview.... "moncton-wildcats.com expired on 05/14/2007 and is pending renewal or deletion."Is the team relocating?
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Post by Not2wonder on May 20, 2007 17:48:17 GMT -5
There is now a 10 minute interview with Danny Flynn at the cats website. Its really good. Outlines how he accepted the job, immediate plans for the summer and strategy for the club. Worth watching. I can't see this interview.... "moncton-wildcats.com expired on 05/14/2007 and is pending renewal or deletion."Is the team relocating? Yep!Relocating to Tetagouche!
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Post by Shooooot on May 24, 2007 20:04:25 GMT -5
Normally its the assitants that take charge of the special teams ... and we had a poor PP and PK all year ... probably the biggest rearson we did not advance in Round 1. I'm not so sure that our assistants were that good. You can have all the coaching you want, the PP is heavily dependant on skill. The PK also to a certain extent. I know Flynn is a good tactician but to expect him to have last year's PP among the best in the Q is pretty unrealistic. It's ironic that you guys are mentioning that assistants usually work on power plays...I read tonight on the USA Today website, Islanders team section, that Danny Flynn's main responisbility with the Islanders was the power play....and he is quoted as saying he's a better coach for the experience last year. To add fuel to the fire, wonder how the Islanders did on the PP ( too lazy to check myself).
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Post by mbastarache on May 24, 2007 20:44:23 GMT -5
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