Press Release:
Swift Current, SK---Swift Current Broncos General Manager and Head Coach Mark Lamb has announced the organization has not renewed the contract of assistant coach Tim Kehler.
Kehler has spent the last 3 seasons as an assistant coach with the Broncos. “We would like to thank Tim for all his contributions to the organization,” comments Lamb. “He did a great job here and we wish him the best in his future endeavors.”
17 comments:
Tim is a great coach, his absence will be felt dramatically!!
Tim is a class act and I wish him all the best.
We all do. Great guy.
Hey Jon, just curious... Where do you think Tim will end up?
I'm not sure. A smart guy like that will end up on his feet.
There's a couple of head coaching jobs out there and several assistant jobs across the WHL right now.
There goes the best part of the post-game show.
He could have been the next head coach here in a year or two. I hope the Broncos don't close the book on that.
Stand-up guy with a wit and deep understanding of the game. All the best Tim!
What was the reason for his departure?
Just the nature of the hockey business.
Hey Jon,
It seems like Mark has someone in mind. Any idea of when an announcement will be? Any idea of who it will be?
Jeff
Who will be Tim's successor?
It's a bit pre-mature at this point.
Sorry CDSC, please repost your comment. I accidentally denied it.
Sure. I said that Kehler is a lead wolf. He turned a program around in Trail and had that program in a position that it was ready to challenge for a BCHL title when he came to the WHL. Tim is as knoweldgeable and intelligent as they come. However, the WHL right now is almost impossible to land a head coach job in right now. He may need to go back and get himself a junior A championship or a small college (ACAC)championship as a head coach. He is fully capable of doing so. That Trail program fell apart when he left and will never be the same. I believe that he still may need some more head coach experience before he will get that 'must hire' title. I sure hope he keeps going and goes for it. They may bring in an experienced guy, but Kehler's intelligence and versatility will never be matched. I really hope it works for him.
CDSC
Tim was a great person and an honest individual. I really enjoyed talking hockey with him, he knew alot. I hope he stays in the WHL. All the best Tim in your future!
Sheldon
The only thing that stinks about the choice Mark made not to renew Tim Kehler's contract is that everybody but Tim knew that it was going to happen and that Darren Evjen was going to be his replacement. Mark, as the head coach/G.M., has the right to make those decisions but should have showed more professionalism and let Tim know as soon as he started talking to Darren. As for Darren Evjen, what has he done in junior hockey, one part season as a replecement assistant coach in Moose Jaw and one season in Notre
Dame. Darren should have been more upfront with Notre DAme instead of saying he had to resign to spend more time with my family and that coaching can wait, you can only be a parent once. I sure thought that Mark Lamb, with all his contacts, could have brought in a more qualified assistant. I also hear rumblings that MArlk Lamb will only be here for one more season at the most and may be gone before next season.
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