My Tuesday morning quarterback column on good guy Martin St Louis and whatever strikes my fancy. www.montrealgazette.com/sports/hocke... - ThreadSky

jacktodd.bsky.social • 16 days ago

My Tuesday morning quarterback column on good guy Martin St Louis and whatever strikes my fancy.

https://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/hockey/montreal-canadiens/article914761.html

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naoya250.bsky.social•16 days ago

Great article Jack! Man I miss Per King’s Monday Morning Quarterback

jacktodd.bsky.social•15 days ago

Thank you.

claudevautour.bsky.social•16 days ago

😃🙌🏻

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jacktodd.bsky.social•16 days ago

Thank you Claude.

habs48.bsky.social•15 days ago

Perfect coach for this rebuild. Credit to him and Gorton and Hughes for thinking out of the box!

jacktodd.bsky.social•15 days ago

Amen.

gerhab.bsky.social•16 days ago

This kid thinks he’s the greatest since Bowman. The next few years wilI prove it. Erm I may be stretching the kid bit.

dinodemitris.bsky.social•16 days ago

Who would u say is the past coaching equivalent to MSL if there ever was any. Zidane comes to mind. Can’t think of any NHL, nfl, nba may have? Doc rivers maybe. Phil Jackson? Felipe alou for sure MLB.

peuimportee.bsky.social•16 days ago

Perhaps Steve Kerr with Golden State? Interesting life story, fascinating in interviews.

dinodemitris.bsky.social•16 days ago

Good one - even Pops maybe although he could be rough but was great with rookies and all nba players love him.

jacktodd.bsky.social•16 days ago

There have been many. Claude Julien. Just not to the same degree, especially when it comes to trusting young players.

Felipe, certainly, although Melnick and Price ragged on him constantly. Steve Kerr although he's not as successful with young players.

zenwanderer.bsky.social•16 days ago

Great article.

🤞 for MSL & Lane

Joey Saputo needs to fire himself.

jacktodd.bsky.social•16 days ago

Thank you.
Saputo is supposedly turning things over to his sons but if that's an improvement I'm not seeing it.

lyleboylen.bsky.social•16 days ago

Great column, Jack. Always a pleasure.

jacktodd.bsky.social•16 days ago

Thanks Lyle.

johnrobertanderson.bsky.social•16 days ago

Sorry, meant to say Tom Wilson, not Watson! Soon as I sent it, I said, Oh, no! Stupid me!

johnrobertanderson.bsky.social•16 days ago

Oh, and I look forward to seeing how Tom Watson behaves when the Sheriff takes the ice next time the two teams meet up. My money is on the Sheriff. And I hope he gives it to that smirking bastard but good. Talk about a bad example--and absolutely disgusting behavior.

johnrobertanderson.bsky.social•16 days ago

Loved your Heroes list. Could not agree more, even including Dvorak, whom I have pilloried for years. He did good. And Marty did spectacularly; he and his bosses are the best the Habs have had since Sammy and Scotty's Day.

jacques123456.bsky.social•16 days ago

Very Nice read Jack, thank you!!
Agree about St Louis and Hutson.
Agree with the zeros too! 🤣

jacktodd.bsky.social•16 days ago

Thank you, Jacques.

jacques123456.bsky.social•16 days ago

Cheers! 👍

moeman61.bsky.social•15 days ago

In HuGo and MSL and JT we trust.

debnadiens.bsky.social•16 days ago

I love MSL so much. He inspires me lol the things he says aren't just things that can be applied to hockey but life in general. He's great.
I was so mad when fans called for his head last fall. Next year, I'm blocking those that say he should be fired. (It'll happen 🙄)

jacktodd.bsky.social•16 days ago

It'll happen. I've seen it so many times. Even last week, a guy who writes for one of the Hab websites was saying they should fire St. Louis and hire Mike Sullivan - a unilingual American.

kemptvillehabsfan.bsky.social•16 days ago

Saw that about Sullivan...we should collectively throw that " writer " to the wolves.

Or insist he " write ' for the Maple Leafs. 😉

How disrespectful to our fantastic coach is that .

debnadiens.bsky.social•16 days ago

What would the argument be to get rid of Marty tho. Fml 🤦🏼‍♀️

kemptvillehabsfan.bsky.social•16 days ago

Guessing it's because we lost to Washington = imbeciles...

debnadiens.bsky.social•16 days ago

Unlike most, I'm hoping the caps go all the way so we can say we lost to the champs 😂

debnadiens.bsky.social•16 days ago

Jesus 🤦🏼‍♀️ the worst part about habs getting i to playoffs is that it has now set a precedence and fans want/expect more. I just wish people could be a bit patient because the team is really close to creating something special

brouemaster.bsky.social•16 days ago

I agree, but juste like this year, our core will do whatever they can to do it again, they said it. I like the fact that management sticks with the plan and the players work hard no matter what. They might go down a little, but I would not bet on that.

debnadiens.bsky.social•16 days ago

They will definitely have times where they look like they are regressing but it's all a learning experience to take steps further..im not worried yet. Great things are in the future 🤩

jacktodd.bsky.social•15 days ago

Most fans I've heard from are patient. Gorton and Hughes are excellent communicators so that helps.
But there is always a noisy minority ready to pounce on any mistake.

denisdrum.bsky.social•15 days ago

Part of the fan base would complain about winning the Stanley Cup in 7 games as opposed to winning it in 4 or 5

northernboomer.bsky.social•15 days ago

They’re the minority by a long shot, unfortunately they’re usually the loudest too.

jacktodd.bsky.social•15 days ago

Always.

kemptvillehabsfan.bsky.social•16 days ago

BULLSEYE 🎯

debnadiens.bsky.social•16 days ago

I believe in the GM retarded and Molson commitment. I don't think they will cede to any pressure from the minority. Like, it seems they did in the past...
It's so crazy though. Everyone was on board for a rebuild and 2 yrs in they wanna fire a coach and get deep into the playoffs 😂🫥

kemptvillehabsfan.bsky.social•16 days ago

Agreed, Jeff and Kent have a vision and they won't deviate to satisfy the impatient types = and that's the CORRECT answer , guys !!!

jacques123456.bsky.social•16 days ago

He is a great human.

debnadiens.bsky.social•16 days ago

Yup 🤩

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