Leafs Hire Al Coates

On Jun 16, 4:33 pm, "Will" <w....TakeThisOut@will.not> wrote:
> After an exhaustive search for the best candidate, Cliff Fletcher hires one
> of his best friends as director of player personnel.

Coates was the odd-ballest coach to win a Cup with Montreal.

He spent the last six years with the Ducks and eleven years with
Fletcher. He leaves a job where he was Senior Advisor to the GM ...
which is what Toronto talked to Nonis (and Armstrong) about. The
hiring could be labeled incestuous. ... I wonder if he phoned
Scotty for advice ... So who gave the Leafs get permission to talk
to him, BB?

Interesting wrinkle to the move - Penny takes a demotion and goes
west, his replacement comes from the west. Maybe the Leafs just
wanted to know who Anaheim is picking.
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"owl" <churchsl.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Jun 16, 4:33 pm, "Will" <w....DeleteThis@will.not> wrote:
>> After an exhaustive search for the best candidate, Cliff Fletcher hires
>> one
>> of his best friends as director of player personnel.
>
> Coates was the odd-ballest coach to win a Cup with Montreal.
>
> He spent the last six years with the Ducks and eleven years with
> Fletcher. He leaves a job where he was Senior Advisor to the GM ...
> which is what Toronto talked to Nonis (and Armstrong) about. The
> hiring could be labeled incestuous. ... I wonder if he phoned
> Scotty for advice ... So who gave the Leafs get permission to talk
> to him, BB?
>
> Interesting wrinkle to the move - Penny takes a demotion and goes
> west, his replacement comes from the west. Maybe the Leafs just
> wanted to know who Anaheim is picking.

You're thinking of Al McNeil who coached the Canadiens and worked for the
Flames.

Apparently not one of Burke's guys anyway, inherited from the previous
regime so not much connection there and wasn't involved with amateur
scouting.
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On Jun 16, 7:16 pm, "Will" <w... DeleteThis @will.not> wrote:
> "owl" <churc... DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> news:683e62e3-066e-466d-b846-308bbff01f57@t54g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
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> > On Jun 16, 4:33 pm, "Will" <w... DeleteThis @will.not> wrote:
> >> After an exhaustive search for the best candidate, Cliff Fletcher hires
> >> one
> >> of his best friends as director of player personnel.
>
> > Coates was the odd-ballest coach to win a Cup with Montreal.
>
> > He spent the last six years with the Ducks and eleven years with
> > Fletcher. He leaves a job where he was Senior Advisor to the GM ...
> > which is what Toronto talked to Nonis (and Armstrong) about. The
> > hiring could be labeled incestuous. ... I wonder if he phoned
> > Scotty for advice ... So who gave the Leafs get permission to talk
> > to him, BB?
>
> > Interesting wrinkle to the move - Penny takes a demotion and goes
> > west, his replacement comes from the west. Maybe the Leafs just
> > wanted to know who Anaheim is picking.
>
> You're thinking of Al McNeil who coached the Canadiens and worked for the
> Flames.

Yea, thx.

> Apparently not one of Burke's guys anyway, inherited from the previous
> regime so not much connection there and wasn't involved with amateur
> scouting.

sssshhhhhh. It's a sign of the coming of Burke. Pass it on.
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On Jun 16, 11:07 pm, owl <churc....RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 16, 7:16 pm, "Will" <w....RemoveThis@will.not> wrote:
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> > "owl" <churc....RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> >news:683e62e3-066e-466d-b846-308bbff01f57@t54g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
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> > > On Jun 16, 4:33 pm, "Will" <w....RemoveThis@will.not> wrote:
> > >> After an exhaustive search for the best candidate,  Cliff Fletcher hires
> > >> one
> > >> of his best friends as director of player personnel.
>
> > > Coates was the odd-ballest coach to win a Cup with Montreal.
>
> > > He spent the last six years with the Ducks and eleven years with
> > > Fletcher.  He leaves a job where he was Senior Advisor to the GM ...
> > > which is what Toronto talked to Nonis (and Armstrong) about.   The
> > > hiring could be labeled incestuous.    ... I wonder if he phoned
> > > Scotty for advice ...   So who gave the Leafs get permission to talk
> > > to him, BB?
>
> > > Interesting wrinkle to the move - Penny takes a demotion and goes
> > > west, his replacement comes from the west.  Maybe the Leafs just
> > > wanted to know who Anaheim is picking.
>
> > You're thinking of Al McNeil who coached the Canadiens and worked for the
> > Flames.
>
> Yea, thx.
>
> > Apparently not one of Burke's guys anyway, inherited from the previous
> > regime so not much connection there and wasn't involved with amateur
> > scouting.
>
> sssshhhhhh.  It's a sign of the coming of Burke.  Pass it on.

Anyone want to take a leap and predict that as soon as Burke signs on
with the Leafs that Ducks ownership cries Fowl and utters the
"tampering" word?

No.

OK, I will.....

Poorboy
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On Jun 17, 4:14 pm, Poorboy <TorontoFoo....RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 16, 11:07 pm, owl <churc....RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Jun 16, 7:16 pm, "Will" <w....RemoveThis@will.not> wrote:
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> > > "owl" <churc....RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > >news:683e62e3-066e-466d-b846-308bbff01f57@t54g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
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> > > > On Jun 16, 4:33 pm, "Will" <w....RemoveThis@will.not> wrote:
> > > >> After an exhaustive search for the best candidate, Cliff Fletcher hires
> > > >> one
> > > >> of his best friends as director of player personnel.
>
> > > > Coates was the odd-ballest coach to win a Cup with Montreal.
>
> > > > He spent the last six years with the Ducks and eleven years with
> > > > Fletcher. He leaves a job where he was Senior Advisor to the GM ...
> > > > which is what Toronto talked to Nonis (and Armstrong) about. The
> > > > hiring could be labeled incestuous. ... I wonder if he phoned
> > > > Scotty for advice ... So who gave the Leafs get permission to talk
> > > > to him, BB?
>
> > > > Interesting wrinkle to the move - Penny takes a demotion and goes
> > > > west, his replacement comes from the west. Maybe the Leafs just
> > > > wanted to know who Anaheim is picking.
>
> > > You're thinking of Al McNeil who coached the Canadiens and worked for the
> > > Flames.
>
> > Yea, thx.
>
> > > Apparently not one of Burke's guys anyway, inherited from the previous
> > > regime so not much connection there and wasn't involved with amateur
> > > scouting.
>
> > sssshhhhhh. It's a sign of the coming of Burke. Pass it on.
>
> Anyone want to take a leap and predict that as soon as Burke signs on
> with the Leafs that Ducks ownership cries Fowl and utters the
> "tampering" word?
>
> No.
>
> OK, I will.....
>
> Poorboy

They were actually after Coates all along ... ;)
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