Raise your hand if you thought Gally would score 20 this season

[lecoqsportif]

And maybe he can teach Dach how to be a pro. (See other thread.)

 

[Krustchev]

Gally’s shot has returned. Not just scoring goals off of different body parts.

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

I never expected him to play a full season ever again.

 

[Krustchev]

I never expected him to play a full season ever again.

He’s been healthy since Gorton changed out the physical therapy team. Coincidence?

 

[GrandWazoo]

Gally’s shot has returned. Not just scoring goals off of different body parts.

But also doing that

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

He’s been healthy since Gorton changed out the physical therapy team. Coincidence?

Yes

 

[GrandWazoo]

Maybe

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

He’s been healthy since Gorton changed out the physical therapy team. Coincidence?

Competent Anglophone Management is never a coincidence.

 

[GrandWazoo]

Removing the A word would be more effective of a statement.

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

Removing the A word would be more effective of a statement.

It's the most important word. Before the A word showed up, the C word started with an I.

 

[GrandWazoo]

It's the most important word. Before the A word showed up, the C word started with an I.

Intelligent? Please mansplain it to me.

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

Intelligent? Please mansplain it to me.

Incompetent

 

[GrandWazoo]

Serge was good. Grundman was awful. Gainey was terrible. Houle was the worst. Point is, competent management is what matter, regardless of the language.

 

[GrandWazoo]

Corey was probably the worst thing that happened to the Habs.

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

Serge was good. Grundman was awful. Gainey was terrible. Houle was the worst. Point is, competent management is what matter, regardless of the language.

Savard was lucky. Without Roy stealing those 2 Cups he'd have been run out of town a lot sooner, probably after we were eliminated in the first round of the 86 playoffs by the Bruins after Doug Soetaert couldn't get it done.

The problem is that when language is the first hiring criteria, you are almost never going to get the most competent person. The best you'll do, if you manage to, is to get the best available francophone, who may or may not be the best or most competent candidate available.

The other problem is that it's never JUST language. Hughes SPEAKS French but he's not French. And the minute this team doesn't win enough that will be all the media talks about; that he's a tete caree who happens to speak passable French.

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

Corey was probably the worst thing that happened to the Habs.

True. You can shit on Houle but he was totally unqualified from the get go so he only did what you'd expect an unqualified person to do. In truth, Corey was the actual GM. He hired Houle to be his meat puppet and take the heat for decisions that he himself was making. Rejean Houle didn't trade Roy to Colorado. That was Corey.

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

Corey was probably the worst thing that happened to the Habs.

We did win our last 2 cups under Corey

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

We did win our last 2 cups under Corey

We won those Cups because of Roy. No other reason. Not Corey. Not Savard. And Corey is the guy who traded Roy for a used jock strap and a bag of pucks.

 

[Stinky]

That jock strap must have been delicious.

 

[GrandWazoo]

Savard was lucky. Without Roy stealing those 2 Cups he'd have been run out of town a lot sooner, probably after we were eliminated in the first round of the 86 playoffs by the Bruins after Doug Soetaert couldn't get it done.

The problem is that when language is the first hiring criteria, you are almost never going to get the most competent person. The best you'll do, if you manage to, is to get the best available francophone, who may or may not be the best or most competent candidate available.

The other problem is that it's never JUST language. Hughes SPEAKS French but he's not French. And the minute this team doesn't win enough that will be all the media talks about; that he's a tete caree who happens to speak passable French.

We agree on essence. Just hire the most competent person. But there is competent and incompetent people in both language.

I disagree with Savard was lucky. Sure drafting Roy, which he did, was a blessing, but he made some really shrewd moves (and some bad ones). We would have never won the first cup without Smith, or the second one without Damphousse/Muller/Bellows.