Usually other coaches and General Managers in the league have a mutual respect for eachother and give credit where it's due. Countless times on our pre-game show an opposition coach or GM has praised the work of their counterpart. Professional courtesy if you will....
Here's an exchange lifted from the Star Phoenix which was posted on Gregg Drinnan's blog at www.gdrinnan.blogspot.com. It features Regina Pat's assistant coach Terry Perkins and Blades GM/coach Lorne Molleken. The Pats and Blades met for the final time last night....
"The game didn’t feature any of histrionics of the last couple of meetings between these teams. Which doesn’t mean there wasn’t some conversation. . . . Saskatoon C Mike Reich, who was involved in some of the goings-on earlier, watched this one from the press box. . . . “We had a couple of games in a row where there were some melees,” Regina assistant coach Terry Perkins told Corey Wolfe of the Saskatoon StarPhoenix, “but that’s in the past. Probably not having Mike Reich on the ice (helped avoid a repeat). He seems to want to get things started all the time — I guess because he can’t do anything else right out there.” . . . To which Saskatoon GM/head coach Lorne Molleken responded: “Mike Reich, in every game that we’ve played the Regina Pats, has done a tremendous job. It’s funny that (Perkins) would make a comment like that because I know (Pats head coach) Curtis (Hunt) wouldn’t. We played against Mike Reich when he was a Regina Pat and he was a pain in the ass to play against. For their assistant coach to make a comment like that, it goes in this ear and right out the other ear. It was a mutual agreement between myself and the league that (Reich) wouldn’t play (Saturday) so that Terry Perkins wouldn’t get upset.” . . . Too bad these teams won’t meet again until next season. . . .
That's some great stuff from Lorne Molleken....
As for the Broncos they had a very rare Saturday night off which no doubt had team personnel scoreboard watching. It was a mixed night for the Broncos who saw Regina and Brandon lose but had Moose Jaw and Medicine Hat winning. Kootenay's victory in Brandon also isn't good but it was maybe the best case scenario.
Next up Kamloops on Tuesday, game three of the six-game homestand.
Jon
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1 comment:
Jon - As Pats fans you see now why we are frustrated. A not ready for prime time assistant, assisting a head coach who has never really won anything in the dub. I don't think in his 8 or 9 years in the dub he has ever gone past the second round. Perkins should be more focused on motivating his own team rather than letting Reich become a rallying point for the Blades. His comments were bush league. The braintrust is keeping up a facade but Pat fans know they are in trouble. Everything from coaching, leadership, committment etc is being questioned here, and rightly so.
In many peoples mind around here, the Broncos and Wheat Kings will likely do well no matter where they finish. The Broncos are a plus 30, the Wheat kings a plus 40, and the Pats currently in first are a stunning (get this) plus 1 (one)..horrid. All the while Perkins is spouting off..you get the picture.
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