QUOTE(Onyxdk @ Nov 17 2006, 01:45 PM) [snapback]1430197[/snapback]
Man, those Sabers have REALLY got it hitting on ALL cylinders, don't they? I feel good for Lindy Ruff, he's a former Panther coach and one of the really good guys in the sport of Hockey.....but knowing Lindy, he still probably feels like the team could be doing SEVERAL things better, lol.....the man is NEVER happy.
Being a Sens fan, maybe you could help me with this question that has been bothering me for a while. Now that Jacques Martin is The Panthers head coach and GM, what kind of judge of talent is Martin? I think John Muckler was the GM in Ottawa when he left there. I just think that no matter how good a judge of talent he may be, it's just to difficult to be a head coach AND general manager of a hockey club in this day and age.
good question, you know this year it would appear there are a few REAL hockey fans on this forum and it's always good to talk hockey.
jaques martin is a great coach and judge of talent, he just became a scapegoat when the sens couldn't win in the playoffs, and as you saw from last year, brian murray couldn't get them to do it either.
the other ironic thing about martin is he's the only coach left over from the salt lake city gold medal team that is still coaching, hitchcock got fired from philly and pat quinn left the leafs at the end of last year, and i always thought martin was the better coach than quinn.
it's hard to do both gm and coach, and i don't think any team has done well when that has been the case, a recent example fails me at the moment.
i still don't understand the luongo trade, but that had more mike keenan all over it than martin.
he's from just up the road, a place called hawkesbury, just outside of ottawa here, and anyone from this area knows his hockey. i think he'll be looking for someone to take over as gm asap, although at the same time i'm sure he'll put in a word for a trade from time to time.
but you must be a fan, to hang in there, cause i don't think the panthers are going to make the playoffs, but if they do, it'll be good work by martin.