Channelcat
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I don't how you bring that coaching staff back (sans Bones) he was the backbone, no pun intended. I'd like to see a wholesale change.
As for Chevy, I suspect he's here as long as he wants to be.
Confirmed with Link: Bowness Expected to Retire
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As for Chevy, I suspect he's here as long as he wants to be.
Nickel eye Heel hers
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It's true.
I have even less faith in some of the posters on here than me with their opinions. Yet even those that aren't my equal can say what they think.
Channelcat
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If we go back to last summer/fall most Jet fans were predicting the Jets to be a WC team at best. Yet you are comparing this season to plane crash? Maybe you had higher expectations, but for me personally, this season was beyond what I was expecting.
scelaton
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Very happy Bones is getting the love and respect he deserves as he leaves the game.
I wouldn't mind Arniel either, if we could not land a Cooper or equivalent. I think he has lots of Bones' best interpersonal assets, but maybe a more flexible outlook in regards to other aspects of the game. And he looks very robust for his age, so should have no problem with the grind.
Agree also with changing up assistants, maybe more radically if we stick with Arniel. Maybe hire Garrett Hohl as a special advisor--we could call him the t-test coach, as opposed the the i-test coaching we've often been getting.
I wasn't comparing anything i was just saying Bowness did a very good job here during his 2 years here.
I did have pretty high expectations this playoffs though after finishing 4th overall in the NHL, thought at the very least we would get to the second round.
Channelcat
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Whoa...I meant to quote Nickel Eye.I wasn't comparing anything i was just saying Bowness did a very good job here during his 2 years here.
Absolutely. Some people get upset their favorite individual players aren't being used to what they believe is optimal and maybe they are not.
But the Head Coach is responsible for the team's results. Bones is responsible for 4th place in the league. He is responsible for a +60 goal differential, 4th in the league. He is responsible the best goals against in the league/Jennings Trophy.
I think when the Jets did have a stretch of not playing well it was because they stopped playing Rick Bowness hockey. To be fair no team plays at their best 100% of the time. What we saw in the playoffs was not Rick Bowness hockey. I think the best thing for this team would have been one more year of Rick Bowness.
Buffdog
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So.. PoMo retires mid season, and Bones after two years
Can anyone remember another team where back to back coaches left on their own will?
I realize the circumstances are different between the two and Bones is at an age and season in life when retirement becomes inevitable at some point
Can anyone remember another team where back to back coaches left on their own will?
I realize the circumstances are different between the two and Bones is at an age and season in life when retirement becomes inevitable at some point
MarkWheeler
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Nickel eye Heel hers
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You took the comparison too literal. I was speaking of recognizing that coaches make mistakes or have their own biases and you don't need to be a NHL coach to recognize some of these flaws.
To be honest, at the beginning of the season I thought we would be in a wild card spot at best.
Between Chevy bringing trade deadline help, Helly having an insane regular season, and the team playing a better system it was more than I did expect.
I also recognized that depending on the player there was less or more accountability and longer or shorter leash for mistakes. There were times when his lines were less than optimal.
I was probably more frustrated because now that the Jets seemed to be playing a better system as a whole, the inconsistent calling out of players, playing time, and lines seemed more glaring. The improvement during the season left me with wanting a larger leap than what I had originally expected.
ThinIce61
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Well maybe one of those could take over this team and elevate it to Junior B level. I jest.
Although...there are probably a few on here that coached Junior B at least.
This group might be considered to be too tight for their to be anything in the way of significant changes.
ThinIce61
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Well replacing Chevy is a process, and well if you take things as whole and a tree falls in the forest and when you know well want to stick with the process and we're real close and then well you know what I mean so yeah anymore questions?Ok good well I'm off to the cottage then.
Much respect to Bones. Brought respectability to the Jets.
I agree with other posters as this decision is probably the best for him and his family, especially considering his wife’s health issues. He and his wife deserve to be happy together in their sunset years.
I agree with other posters as this decision is probably the best for him and his family, especially considering his wife’s health issues. He and his wife deserve to be happy together in their sunset years.
Channelcat
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Chipman is a bit of a bleeding heart. Firing people just isn't his thing apparently. I think Maurice was baffled as to why he hadn't been fired! Any other organization would have canned him years prior and here he was just blowing in the wind.
So if it's been confirmed that the Jets talked him out of retirement 2 years ago to come coach here, does that mean the last 2 seasons were really just a...
...Bowness bonus?
...Bowness bonus?
SensibleGuy
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jetsforever
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A majority around here had the Jets finishing Top 3 in the Central.
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sipowicz
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DudeWhereIsMakar
Bergevin sent me an offer sheet
If the best the Sens could do was jump on Green FOR 4 YEARS, I don't expect much better than Arniel for the Jets.
Thechozen1
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My deepest sympathies. It’s been a pleasure reading your posts.
Thechozen1
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Not as depressing as the thought of Pierre Dorion or Peter Chiarelli taking over. Grass isn’t always greener.
Skidooboy
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why wait.as far as I'm concerned Ehlers should be skating now.
