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"Paul Maurice is taking a different approach to defensive miscues made by the Winnipeg Jets than he believes Mike Babcock is with the Toronto Maple Leafs. When asked about his team’s struggles in their own end in reference to the youth on his team, Maurice said he wouldn’t use age as an excuse. “The mistakes that I made, I did just a horrible job in relation to my colleague Mike Babcock in selling our age and the mistakes,” Maurice said facetiously Friday. “So, when they've lost a game it's just a wonderful learning experience and they win it's a triumph of character and we have the opposite thing going on here, right. “So, but that's my choice because I don't ever want to walk in to a season to say we aren't here to win the Stanley Cup.” According to The Athletic's James Mirtle, the Winnipeg Jets have the fourth-youngest roster in the NHL with an average age of 26.4, while the Maple Leafs (average age of 26.5) own the sixth-youngest roster. The Jets (28-30-6) currently six points behind the Los Angeles Kings for the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference. The Maple Leafs (28-21-14) are tied with the New York Islanders for the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference. The two teams split their regular season series, with both games being decided in overtime by a score of 5-4."
I like the approach of Mike Babcock. He's a superb coach, and he knows exactly where his players are in the process to win the Stanley Cup NHL Championship. He's taking it one game at a time, and is being realistic with everyone about the up's and down's of the process.
The Winnipeg coach, Paul Maurice, I don't think he will ever win shit in the NHL with his approach. Its crazy. Realistically, only a handful of teams are going to win, lets face it.
Its funny, I remember a long time ago back in Junior hockey, and another coach was bitching the Mike Babcock coached Moose Jaw team was not the youngest in the league, but, the fourth youngest and he was a con man selling everyone the goods. Funny, but that young Junior coach turned into maybe the best coach the sport has ever produced. The coach who was bitching is selling insurance now and never made it. I remember Babcock was always driving 45 minutes to do a TV interview at 11 pm at night, and talking about how great his young kids were adapting to the new system and getting better - better by the day - he also would always say how great his scouts were, how supportive the billets were and how pleased he was with the progress.
I'm moving into the competition phase right now with my daughter, and thinking a lot about how it needs to be done in a proper manner to serve her interests on and off the court. I think I will listen to every press conference Coach Babcock does, and try and mimick what he is doing.
Its funny how you put away information as you go as a coach - and one day its their ready to be used isn't it just when the time is right.
It's real interesting when you see an ex-NHL hockey player with a son playing - usually they are far in the corner hidden from site chewing on cherry skoal and observing. They all act like this coach.
The interesting thing about coach Babcock is he is very demanding - and asks for a great compete level day in and day out. When you are at that level its usually already there anyways, but, he knows its a process, and I would imagine he is always thinking about taking the gas from 55 to 60 MPH, then 61 to 65 MPH and then 66 to 70 MPH, and focused on short term realistic goals. The other guy (Paul Maurice) wants to go from 55 to Stanley Cup. Won't happen.
Parents would be well advised to act like coach Babcock. Be happy with small steps.
"Paul Maurice is taking a different approach to defensive miscues made by the Winnipeg Jets than he believes Mike Babcock is with the Toronto Maple Leafs. When asked about his team’s struggles in their own end in reference to the youth on his team, Maurice said he wouldn’t use age as an excuse. “The mistakes that I made, I did just a horrible job in relation to my colleague Mike Babcock in selling our age and the mistakes,” Maurice said facetiously Friday. “So, when they've lost a game it's just a wonderful learning experience and they win it's a triumph of character and we have the opposite thing going on here, right. “So, but that's my choice because I don't ever want to walk in to a season to say we aren't here to win the Stanley Cup.” According to The Athletic's James Mirtle, the Winnipeg Jets have the fourth-youngest roster in the NHL with an average age of 26.4, while the Maple Leafs (average age of 26.5) own the sixth-youngest roster. The Jets (28-30-6) currently six points behind the Los Angeles Kings for the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference. The Maple Leafs (28-21-14) are tied with the New York Islanders for the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference. The two teams split their regular season series, with both games being decided in overtime by a score of 5-4."
I like the approach of Mike Babcock. He's a superb coach, and he knows exactly where his players are in the process to win the Stanley Cup NHL Championship. He's taking it one game at a time, and is being realistic with everyone about the up's and down's of the process.
The Winnipeg coach, Paul Maurice, I don't think he will ever win shit in the NHL with his approach. Its crazy. Realistically, only a handful of teams are going to win, lets face it.
Its funny, I remember a long time ago back in Junior hockey, and another coach was bitching the Mike Babcock coached Moose Jaw team was not the youngest in the league, but, the fourth youngest and he was a con man selling everyone the goods. Funny, but that young Junior coach turned into maybe the best coach the sport has ever produced. The coach who was bitching is selling insurance now and never made it. I remember Babcock was always driving 45 minutes to do a TV interview at 11 pm at night, and talking about how great his young kids were adapting to the new system and getting better - better by the day - he also would always say how great his scouts were, how supportive the billets were and how pleased he was with the progress.
I'm moving into the competition phase right now with my daughter, and thinking a lot about how it needs to be done in a proper manner to serve her interests on and off the court. I think I will listen to every press conference Coach Babcock does, and try and mimick what he is doing.
Its funny how you put away information as you go as a coach - and one day its their ready to be used isn't it just when the time is right.
It's real interesting when you see an ex-NHL hockey player with a son playing - usually they are far in the corner hidden from site chewing on cherry skoal and observing. They all act like this coach.
The interesting thing about coach Babcock is he is very demanding - and asks for a great compete level day in and day out. When you are at that level its usually already there anyways, but, he knows its a process, and I would imagine he is always thinking about taking the gas from 55 to 60 MPH, then 61 to 65 MPH and then 66 to 70 MPH, and focused on short term realistic goals. The other guy (Paul Maurice) wants to go from 55 to Stanley Cup. Won't happen.
Parents would be well advised to act like coach Babcock. Be happy with small steps.
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