I got my reasons but why do you think it's a bad thing?=Groan=
Vigneault got an extension in Vancouver.
I would like to see different guys running the special teams myself but for the most part I think Vigneault has done a great job with the team. I disagree that he coaches them to dive. I'm not saying they're perfect but I do think the reputation they have is exaggerated. It's all good though, I'm sure when Toronto starts having some success people will dismiss them as being trappers, divers, or goons.Were I Vancouver, I'd probably have kept with him myself. The team's lack of a cup is not exactly a strong indicator of the team's performance. I mean last year they went to the finals, this year yes they took an early exit but they also completely DOMINATED in regular season, so to me, looking at those credentials and who else is even a possibility, I'd probably have gone with him as well.
Speaking as an outsider though, I do not approve of the style he preaches, at least assuming that it's him who's telling them to stay down on the ice, go down easy, and do whatever they can to draw penalties. It's certainly effective, but I feel like they take it too far. (Granted I'm looking at is as a Toronto fan, and I'm sure there are fans of other teams who'd make the same claim against Toronto).
Your basic premise is faulty.I would like to see different guys running the special teams myself but for the most part I think Vigneault has done a great job with the team. I disagree that he coaches them to dive. I'm not saying they're perfect but I do think the reputation they have is exaggerated. It's all good though, I'm sure when Toronto starts having some success people will dismiss them as being trappers, divers, or goons.
Yeah, like I said, I recognize that I'm viewing it as an outisder with a bias and there's a margin of error that comes with that. I think every team likely has one or two (or three) players like that. Not sure who it'd be on the Leafs, but I'm sure we've got at least one and I've just got homer goggles thick enough I don't see it.I would like to see different guys running the special teams myself but for the most part I think Vigneault has done a great job with the team. I disagree that he coaches them to dive. I'm not saying they're perfect but I do think the reputation they have is exaggerated. It's all good though, I'm sure when Toronto starts having some success people will dismiss them as being trappers, divers, or goons.
He fucking damn well better be. Randy Carlyle and Brian Burke are all about the truculence.Is he truculent?
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