Deadmarsh to return to the Avs?

by Americanario on Jun 18, 2009 9:44 AM MDT Comment 20 comments

It seems the nostalgia tour could be continuing for the organization as Dater reports that Adam Deadmarsh interviewed with the team for a management position.

Deadmarsh up for management post

His playing days are over, but Deadmarsh has interviewed for a management position with the Avs organization, the team confirmed Wednesday.

Avs vice president Jean Martineau said that while Deadmarsh is not up for the team's vacant second assistant coaching position, he has interviewed for another management job and is being strongly considered.

Is it possible he could be coaching in LE next season, or is there still a vacancy somewhere in the main office?

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Question: Could organization nepotism accidentally result in a good fit in this case?

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by Mike @ MHH on Jun 18, 2009 10:07 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

miracles can happen

It really is ALL ABOUT LAPPY!

by gl avfan on Jun 18, 2009 11:55 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

report on HF from a "friend"

says he’s hired for video coach and director of player development. sounds good to me!

by thedoctor on Jun 18, 2009 10:34 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I think player development could be great. I know the Preds just did that for Gelinas too.

by Mrs @ MHH on Jun 18, 2009 12:16 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

How is it nepotism if they're not related?

Correct me if I’m wrong but I thought the only person in the organization related to PL is his son. Does that really qualify him as a nepotist? I could maybe see how you could make that leap if Eric didn’t have tremendous hockey experience inside and outside of the organization.

by mcarson01 on Jun 18, 2009 12:07 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

It's a play on the term nepotism

Meaning PL only goes for people related to the organisation.

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by Drakenlot on Jun 18, 2009 12:12 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

That’s why I said organ-i-zational nepotism…

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by Mike @ MHH on Jun 18, 2009 1:04 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

ok understood

For me though, I don’t see this as such a bad thing. When you only hire poeple that you have a familiar working relationship with tends to contribute to an efficiently run project/ organization. I’m in charge of staffing consultants at my work and I always lean towards somebody that I’ve worked with before. They know what I expect, I know what they are capable of and there are no suprises. Early in my career I had no choice but to bring in outsiders and it worked out about 50% of the time. It’s not too difficult to understand that those projects were less successful. I’m not saying that this strategy is the only way to go, but it’s a good one.

by mcarson01 on Jun 18, 2009 1:18 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I can agree with you to a point, it’s nice to go into the office and not worry about arguing with anyone and getting along. But that can go to far and you get stale and stagnant and you have a whole lot of yes men in the room.

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by An Unmitigated Disaster on Jun 18, 2009 1:45 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

They had to — it’s in the Avalanche’s Official Mission Statement

by StructuralPoke on Jun 18, 2009 12:22 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Deader

Is definitely an ex-Av who I wouldn’t mind seeing associated with the team in some capacity. I loved how he played.

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by Bob in Boulder on Jun 18, 2009 1:08 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I loved how he played.

Well-coached?

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by Jibblescribbits on Jun 18, 2009 1:17 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

He was also a very underated fighter. There were very few that could switch from left to right punches like he could (Tie Domi comes to mind). I think it would be great if he comes back in some capacity. In my mind, even though he was in L.A., he was always an Av.

by mcarson01 on Jun 18, 2009 1:27 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

That’s because he was also a boxer.

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by Jibblescribbits on Jun 18, 2009 1:52 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Really?

I wasn’t aware of that. It makes sense. My favorite memories of him was when he would kick Darren McCarty’s butt almost everytime they played Detroit.

by mcarson01 on Jun 18, 2009 3:00 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs