I really like what Dave Lowry did with the Royals this season. Coming in to the season, the Victoria Royals were expected to be in the basement from start to finish due to so many of thier more experienced guys moving on. Hickets was expected to be the lone bright spot for the team and Soy was really the only forward with skill. That was to start the season.
They may have fluttered out in the playoffs, but they beat some pretty good teams on their way to the third round? Can't remember, I was at sea.
None the less, I'm really impressed with how Lowry has coached the Royals over the last few years and this year, he was stellar.
I sure hope the new coach knows how to handle young talent and has also played the game within the last 2 decades and understands the evolution of the game.
Bought or Lowry/ Boughner, Gelinas, Lowry as associate coaches and maybe a more experienced guy at the helm.
An interesting route to take is have Gelinas, Boogie man, and Lowry come on as associate coaches for a trial year where they take all take a different group( Forwards, Defencemen, Special Teams) and rotate through the year but have
a "figure head" as a "head coach" but his primary role would be to analyze, evaluate, make final decisions on systems and report back to treliving. And then one of the Alumns gets the HC gig.
I'm only half serious. Most of the last part is in jest. That said, I wonder if that could actually work as an evaluation process.
Or I'm simply out to lunch.
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