16 Februar 2009

Michel Therrien, Ray Shero, Penguins


Als ich las, dass Michel Therrien bei Pittsburgh gefeuert wurde, hatte ich simultan folgende zwei Gedanken: Endlich! & Warum erst jetzt?

Endlich, weil Michel Therrien mir schon immer ein Gräuel war. Der sieht nicht nur aus wie ein UBS-Verwaltungsrat, der ist auch so: ein Blender.
Zudem konnte er sich nie entscheiden. Kaum zwei Spiele lang lies er die gleichen Linien zusammenspielen. Wie sollen die Spieler sich so arrangieren können, Chemie aufbauen können? Beinahe unmöglich.
Wenn nicht gerade Brain Drain, dann doch Pain Drain bewerkstelligte Pittsburgh mit der Abgabe von Jarkko Ruutu, Georges Laraque, Mark Recchi, Ryan Malone und Gary Roberts. Allesamt Team-Spieler, Soul-And-Heart Guys, Spassmacher, Allesgeber. Wen hat Pittsburgh für sie verpflichtet? Spieler wie Miroslav Satan, Ruslan Fedotenko und einige Draft Rechte. Wow.

Publikumslieblinge wie Gary Roberts, Ruutu und Laraque liess man ziehen und fragt sich nun, wo das Feuer geblieben ist. Das ist natürlich nicht Therriens Hauptschuld, aber als Trainer konnte er seine Meinung sicher mit einfliessen lassen. Und jetzt, erst jetzt, wurde Michel Therrien gefeuert. Mit ihm zusammen hätte jedoch auch gleich GM Ray Shero den Beutel packen müssen. Er ist der Hauptverantwortliche für die Trades und den Trainer.

Oder wie es ein besorgter Fan im November 08 beim Q & A gefragt hat:

Q: What do Ryan Malone, Jarkko Ruutu, Gary Roberts and Georges Laraque have in common, beside the fact that they are all gone from the team? They played the game with an edge and an urgency that not enough of the remaining Pens seem to have. I have grown weary already of watching the listless play of late. Where are the guys who are willing to muck in the corners and maintain control of the puck? Who play a physical, in-your-face style that can inspire their teammates? Don't you think the current Pens lack grit?

Bob Buterbaugh, Glen Campbell, Pa.

MOLINARI: Losing the players you listed, along with Adam Hall, during the offseason clearly cost the Penguins some grit and toughness, and that's a deficit general manager Ray Shero wasn't able to make up. It's not that Shero doesn't appreciate the importance of those qualities; just that the NHL's salary cap often forces teams to make difficult personnel decisions, and letting those guys leave -- whether it was because they wanted more money than the Penguins could afford, or more years than Shero thought prudent or simply because there was doubt about the player's ability to make a significant contribution -- is a prime example.

The 2008-09 Penguins are not as tough to play against as last year's team, and that probably isn't going to change unless Shero decides to overhaul his lineup, which is not something anyone should expect in the near future from an executive who has earned a reputation for patience. (Especially when that approach has been so successful for the franchise during the 2 ?? years Shero has been in charge.)

Probably the best the Penguins can hope for is that the guys who were brought in over the summer can make the contributions expected from them. That Miroslav Satan, for example, can continue to score consistently. He's on pace for a 41-goal season and if he can give the Penguins that, they likely will be willing to overlook any physical shortcomings in his game.


Ernsthaft. Wer meint, wegen Miro Satan ein Stanley Cup Anwärter zu sein, ist es nicht.

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