[News] Flames name Brad Larsen assistant coach

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

That Leafs team planned that tank, it was part of that plan when Babcock came.

Gross, just defended Babcock.

So he coached them to lose lol
point remains...if he was that great a coach surely he could have kept a bad roster out of dead last.


Brad Larsen is also a cup winner himself and 2x world junior gold, its not like he is a bum off the street who doesn't know the game. Like I said he was a highly regarded up and comer in the minors and then took a job with an NHL team with a bad roster and worse management. Guy hired Bednar in the AHL, if he went to Colorado instead his coaching record would be looking really good.

If I coached the Panthers and Maurice coached the Sharks I bet my team would finish with a better record...maybe I am a better coach! My Atom team did win the championship this year.

[Paulie Walnuts]

Originally Posted by dino7c

So he coached them to lose lol
point remains...if he was that great a coach surely he could have kept a bad roster out of dead last.


Brad Larsen is also a cup winner himself and 2x world junior gold, its not like he is a bum off the street who doesn't know the game.

Great players don't make great coaches.

Anyways Babcock was coaching to finish last, the whole Leafs organization was tanking for Matthews. It was pretty clear.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

Great players don't make great coaches.

Anyways Babcock was coaching to finish last, the whole Leafs organization was tanking for Matthews. It was pretty clear.

And the Jackets weren't tanking? Their management sure was

Babcock was a #### coach, he won with stacked teams and sucked with anything less...nearly everyone who has ever met him hates him. Can't judge a coach by his record without looking at the roster is all I am saying.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Have they every tried just hiring a random fan?

[Paulie Walnuts]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

Have they every tried just hiring a random fan?

Does Don Hay count?

[gvitaly]

Originally Posted by Toonage

Listened to his interview with Pat yesterday. Seems like a good guy but ultimately I was left feeling like he was saying "they needed a coach, and I'm a coach."

Nothing really special about the hire. He mentioned he wasn't sure what his role would be yet.

I got a bit of a different impression from the interview. He was mentioning that he worked with the PP, the PK, the forwards, the defense, and was a HC before. He mentioned that he and Huska talked about a few different things that his role will entail, but he'll leave it to Huska to share the details of it.

Larsen has 26 years in pro hockey, and he's only 46 years old. He has 7 years as an NHL assistant, and 2 as a HC, to go along with 4 years of coaching in the AHL. He sounded pretty excited about developing younger players, and sharing his experience. He mentioned that the holes in the lineup created by all of our UFAs leaving create opportunities, and that's something he's pretty familiar with.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Well, if he can get anything out of this bunch of palookas, it'll be Grand Larseny.

[NegativeSpace]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

That Leafs team planned that tank, it was part of that plan when Babcock came.

Gross, just defended Babcock.

Has he seen your phone?

[SuperMatt18]

I'm not sure this is a great hire based on the results of the PP in his time as a coach in Columbus.

But I also wouldn't say it's a "budget hire"

He's probably a more proven and expensive head coach than Savard was even, he had 7 years as an assistant in CBJ, and then 2 years there as head coach. Not sure he'd be a cheap hire.

[AustinL_NHL]

Originally Posted by dino7c

And the Jackets weren't tanking? Their management sure was

Babcock was a #### coach, he won with stacked teams and sucked with anything less...nearly everyone who has ever met him hates him. Can't judge a coach by his record without looking at the roster is all I am saying.

In a way, I think you're kinda proving how good a coach Babcock was. Literally coached his team to be worse than the Jackets when it mattered most for the franchise.

That right there earned his entire contract imo lol

[PaperBagger'14]

If the goal of this hire is to have coach Larsen excel here like he did in Columbus than I for one am really looking forward to our draft pick next year.

[dustygoon]

Being an assistant to Torts. Is that good or bad?