Keenan Biography

[Press Level]

Duhatschek did a nice review of it this morning in the Athletic (paywalled, probably) https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/587...serId=11967972


The first sentences of page 1:
"I really am a bastard. There, I said it. Over my six decades as a coach and general manager … players have referred to me in many different languages, using many different terms, most of them not terribly flattering. And, no doubt, I deserved most of them."


Sounds about right. I think I will pick this one up.

[SutterBrother]

"Iron Mike: My life behind the bench" for anyone wondering.

[Jordan!]

Yeah, I'll pass

[Murph]

Buddy of mine met him at an airport and asked him for a picture. Keenan enthusiastically popped up for the picture but not before hauling a comb out of his pocket to slick the hair back.

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by Murph

Buddy of mine met him at an airport and asked him for a picture. Keenan enthusiastically popped up for the picture but not before hauling a comb out of his pocket to slick the hair back.

I would be really disappointed if he didn't do that.

[GioforPM]

That snippet sounds like a ghost writer. Who talks like that?

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by Murph

Buddy of mine met him at an airport and asked him for a picture. Keenan enthusiastically popped up for the picture but not before hauling a comb out of his pocket to slick the hair back.

Was he eating a really sloppy steak?

[Press Level]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

That snippet sounds like a ghost writer. Who talks like that?

Scott Morrison co-wrote with him, according to Duhatschek.

[cam_calderon]

Kypreos had some interesting Keenan stories in his book.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

Was he eating a really sloppy steak?

Glass house, white ferrari. I hear the guy LIVES for New Year’s Eve.

[Calgary4LIfe]

I am sure it will be a very interesting read. Like him or hate him (I fall on the latter, and most probably do as well), he has been around for a very long time with so many stops. Some of these stops went very well, and some went horribly. I am particularly interested in his time with the Canucks, Calgary and his time overseas.

[btimbit]

Yeah even though I don't like the guy, I'm keen to hear some of his stories. Think I'll check this one out

[OmegaV4]

Originally Posted by btimbit

Yeah even though I don't like the guy, I'm keen to hear some of his stories. Think I'll check this one out

Nice.

[Jay Random]

I'm keen, an' so is btimbit.

[MrMike]

Originally Posted by btimbit

Yeah even though I don't like the guy, I'm keen to hear some of his stories. Think I'll check this one out

From his side of the story?

Want to hear Babcocks side of why he searched through players phones or made sure he sat Modano to miss his 1500 game because he could?

Want to hear Stan Bowman’s side of the story?

Sure, I’ll hear the stories, but the #### if I’m giving them money to make money off of them being awful people.

[Dion]

I remember this story being talked about years ago between Mike Keenan and Dave Manson.

Mercy was not usually on the table when Keenan had a lock on a player. Some of Iron Mike's most memorable tirades came against Dave Manson, a defenseman who played for the Blackhawks early in my career. Manson was a skilled player with a heavy slapshot and a combative personality. Once teammates realized how quickly Manson's temper could boil over, they started calling him "Charlie Manson," in reference to the convicted murderer Charles Manson, who had those scary, crazed-looking eyes. When Dave Manson lost control, he looked as if he might kill you.

During one game, Keenan had determined that Manson was responsible for everything wrong with the Blackhawks that night.

"You're ####ing brutal," Keenan screamed at Manson between periods. "You are the reason we're losing this game."

Manson had his skates unlaced and his jersey off when Keenan began unloading on him with this verbal barrage. Initially, Manson took his medicine, like we all did at various times. But during Keenan's rant, Manson snapped. He stood, yanked off his shoulder pads and flung them across the locker room, just missing Keenan as he ducked out of the way. That was merely the first salvo of Manson's attack. As the pads were launched, Manson began running, in his skates, directly at Keenan.

Keenan fled out the door with Manson on his tail. We all scurried to the door to witness the outcome. You can imagine how ####ing comical it was to see Keenan sprinting down a hallway, in the bowels of Chicago Stadium, with Manson in determined pursuit. As he chased Keenan, sparks were leaping off Manson's skates as the blades scraped across the cement. If Manson hadn't lost his balance while trying to run on skates, he might have pummelled Keenan.

https://deadspin.com/mike-keenan-the...coach-5958837/

[Goriders]

To bad he didn’t catch him

[Coach]

edit: meh

[Kipper_3434]

Guy is mean to hockey players = garbage person. Jesus.

[Kipper_3434]

Originally Posted by MrMike

From his side of the story?

Want to hear Babcocks side of why he searched through players phones or made sure he sat Modano to miss his 1500 game because he could?

Want to hear Stan Bowman’s side of the story?

Sure, I’ll hear the stories, but the #### if I’m giving them money to make money off of them being awful people.

Borrow one from the library or an illegal pdf. People like to know both sides of a story sometimes, it's interesting.