Interesting take on the Sacco Saga
Aaron Musick from Hockeybuzz has an interesting point. You can win every game against the other conference, but if you can't take care of business at home year after year, the only thing that will improve are your players handicaps.
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Sacco is a good AHL coach, but dis aint the AHL…
Goalie Coach? Goalie Coach!?! We don't need no stinkin' Goalie Coach!
He was actually a pretty marginal AHL coach.
The reason I'm in town, in case you're wondering, is because of a Kansas City Shuffle.
Yeah. a 0.375 winning percentage (AHL) is less than outstanding. As is, for that matter, a NHL winning percentage to date of 0.458.
Overall as a “pro” coach, he’s winning at a 0.423 clip. It’s obviously the (choose one or more of: [players / injuries / general manager / relative humidity / his menstrual cycle])
2011-2012 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl: Vyechnaya Pamyat!
2011-2012 Colorado Avalanche: Chances are rapidly diminishing that this will not suck.
Hrm..some stats
I was curious as how Sacco statistically compared to other NHL coaches that recently were promoted from the AHL.
Scroll to the bottom of each link for coaching records.
Sacco:
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=4729
Bylsma:
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=6406
Arniel:
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=110
Boudreau:
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=502
Yeo:
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=5823
These are a handful that I could think of right off the top of my head. I welcome any other comparisons.
The reason I'm in town, in case you're wondering, is because of a Kansas City Shuffle.
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