07-01-2022, 11:57 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Van Island
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Originally Posted by AC
Weekes reported the Jets offered the position to Tocchett and it was his decision to make. This signing could simply mean Tocchet said no so they went with their next backup plan.
I doubt Bowness was their number one target.
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Wow, and we have a tough time convincing talent to come here. Ouch
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07-01-2022, 12:47 PM
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Awful just awful. This team went from the outhouse to a hole in the ground.
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07-01-2022, 12:58 PM
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#23
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Apr 2022
Location: California
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They must have paid him a ton of money. After Dallas lost, it seemed like he was quite at peace and satisfied with what he had accomplished in hockey and was ready to move on.
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07-01-2022, 01:32 PM
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#24
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Toronto
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Wow, he's only had 2 seasons where his team finished above 0.500. I had no idea.
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07-01-2022, 01:36 PM
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#25
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Dallas
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Next playoff is going to be boring with the Jets
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07-01-2022, 01:38 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: SW Calgary
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Originally Posted by Flamesfan05
Next playoff is going to be boring with the Jets
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hahahaha
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07-01-2022, 02:48 PM
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#28
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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Low hanging fruit for the Jets. He has a history in Winnipeg and wasn't a terminated coach still getting paid, so they didn't have to match that salary.
I don't think he is a terrible coach and a big chunk of his record came from coaching the expansion Senators.
A pretty 'meh' hire. I think they would have been better off rolling the dice with an unknown and seeing what happens.
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07-01-2022, 02:56 PM
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First Line Centre
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Aren’t they better off with Lowry ?
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07-01-2022, 03:03 PM
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#30
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Cape Breton Island
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if this is the best chevy ends up doing, i think its time for TNSE re re-evaluate their entire management staff.
i'd sooner they try and develop a young an interesting coach and invest that way. this.. sigh.
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07-01-2022, 03:39 PM
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#31
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Originally Posted by butterfly
They must have paid him a ton of money. After Dallas lost, it seemed like he was quite at peace and satisfied with what he had accomplished in hockey and was ready to move on.
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He probably didn't think he had a hope in hell of coaching an NHL team again
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07-01-2022, 08:37 PM
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#33
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LOL. I guess Jets mgmt never read our ATLs or they would have stayed away!
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07-01-2022, 09:37 PM
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#34
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I actually don't mind this hire for the Jets. Bowness has always struck me as a good journeyman coach: not the kind who can get a good team over the hump, but a guy who can coax a reasonable performance out of a poor team. He sticks to the basics and gets his players to do the same, and as we've often seen, talent without teamwork often loses to teamwork without talent. GMs of bad teams know this and want to hire coaches like Bowness, which is a big reason for his poor winning percentage.
He did bring a dysfunctional and poorly balanced Dallas roster within an OT goal of beating the Flames. I'd call the Jets dysfunctional and poorly balanced as well, so he might have some success there. Also he is willing to spend winters in Manitoba, God knows why.
Not a match made in heaven, but at any rate a match made in the most tepid and neutral part of Limbo.
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07-01-2022, 09:55 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Jay Random
I actually don't mind this hire for the Jets. Bowness has always struck me as a good journeyman coach: not the kind who can get a good team over the hump, but a guy who can coax a reasonable performance out of a poor team. He sticks to the basics and gets his players to do the same, and as we've often seen, talent without teamwork often loses to teamwork without talent. GMs of bad teams know this and want to hire coaches like Bowness, which is a big reason for his poor winning percentage.
He did bring a dysfunctional and poorly balanced Dallas roster within an OT goal of beating the Flames. I'd call the Jets dysfunctional and poorly balanced as well, so he might have some success there. Also he is willing to spend winters in Manitoba, God knows why.
Not a match made in heaven, but at any rate a match made in the most tepid and neutral part of Limbo.
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I think Bowness' role with Dallas was ideal, that of one as associate coach. He was able to support the head coach, be the nice guy, and thus with his experience as a head coach (unlike Ward) not be daunted when he had to take the head role on after the off ice issues of Montgomery. He got a lift for the team for a season and a bit, but his time in a caretaker role had worn out even if Dallas had pulled the series out vs the Flames.
A smart hire for Winnipeg because he is an experienced players coach, but not a good hire as a head coach. My guess is he would be as thrilled to go there as an associate coach, with the Jets having a younger or AHL guy (Huska-type) come in and have Bowness help mentor him.
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07-01-2022, 10:04 PM
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I feel like boring-ass, gouge your eyes out hockey is when Winnipeg does best anyways so this might be good for them.
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07-01-2022, 10:22 PM
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#37
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Originally Posted by djsFlames
I feel like boring-ass, gouge your eyes out hockey is when Winnipeg does best anyways so this might be good for them.
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I still don’t know if this is the style Bowness coaches, or whether he coached that style because of the hand he was dealt.
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07-01-2022, 10:43 PM
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#38
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Originally Posted by GioforPM
I still don’t know if this is the style Bowness coaches, or whether he coached that style because of the hand he was dealt.
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Probably the latter, but I find that Bowness does pretty well at adapting his style to whatever hand he is dealt. Looking back, I honestly couldn't tell you what his own natural style is or if he even has one. He just seems to be good at finding ways to compensate for his roster's weaknesses.
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07-02-2022, 12:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Jay Random
I actually don't mind this hire for the Jets. Bowness has always struck me as a good journeyman coach: not the kind who can get a good team over the hump, but a guy who can coax a reasonable performance out of a poor team. He sticks to the basics and gets his players to do the same, and as we've often seen, talent without teamwork often loses to teamwork without talent. GMs of bad teams know this and want to hire coaches like Bowness, which is a big reason for his poor winning percentage.
He did bring a dysfunctional and poorly balanced Dallas roster within an OT goal of beating the Flames. I'd call the Jets dysfunctional and poorly balanced as well, so he might have some success there. Also he is willing to spend winters in Manitoba, God knows why.
Not a match made in heaven, but at any rate a match made in the most tepid and neutral part of Limbo.
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He started the right goalie...that is about all he did, they were outplayed in every aspect of the game
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07-02-2022, 01:19 AM
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Originally Posted by dino7c
He started the right goalie...that is about all he did, they were outplayed in every aspect of the game
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He also got all of his skaters protecting that goalie as if he were a Ming vase.
It was, unfortunately, the exact opposite of the Calgary-Edmonton series, in which Markstrom looked like a goof because his teammates hung him out to dry.
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