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| Doug Weight Retires; Accepts Asst Coach and Asst GM position | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 29 2011, 10:45 AM (1,438 Views) | |
| SniperGod22 | Apr 2 2011, 03:35 PM Post #21 |
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If there is 1 thing Weight can help with it's the powerplay. A large pecentage of his points came from quarterbacking the PP. One part of the game he always understood very well. |
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| Webb20 | Apr 11 2011, 02:38 PM Post #22 |
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Doug Weight from the Bench in his new role....
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I sold it all, retired and moved to Fabulous Las Vegas! "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."-Ben Franklin "Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."-Ronald Reagan | |
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| sybo | Apr 11 2011, 02:58 PM Post #23 |
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so refreshing to have someone on the team say this...it's not just us crybaby fans anymore !!!! |
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| 3POTI | Apr 11 2011, 04:21 PM Post #24 |
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Bring back...PRIDE OF THE ISLAND
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and it comes from a well respected future hall of famer.. though dougie is right..the only way it changes..is if the team starts winning..and that won't happen overnight..probably will take a couple more years..jmo.. |
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Today Is A Great Day To Be An Islander Fan! Live For The Moment! | |
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| stevedepot | May 24 2011, 09:03 AM Post #25 |
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Time to call it quits. Not the best fit for this team when they brought him under the financial circumstances but setting that aside, you have to admire his body of work in the league. Class act, all-around great guy and someone who's earned a great deal of respect around the league. http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/islan...etire-1.2894442
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| robg | May 24 2011, 10:06 AM Post #26 |
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Doug is retiring & is staying on LI. Bill Guerin is staying as well. They're good friends and both like it here. Doug will be involved with the Isles in some form. |
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| stevedepot | May 24 2011, 10:10 AM Post #27 |
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I hope Weight takes on some sort of assistant GM job. Has alot of clout around the league. Even as an assistant coach on the bench, he could help. |
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| Webb20 | May 24 2011, 10:39 AM Post #28 |
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I hope this organization will offer him something meaningful. I hope he's doesn't have to take a job with the Rags or Devs. I'm not so sure the Isles will do the right thing, just ask Trottier. |
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I sold it all, retired and moved to Fabulous Las Vegas! "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."-Ben Franklin "Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."-Ronald Reagan | |
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| puckhead | May 24 2011, 11:07 AM Post #29 |
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Totally agree Webby. The Isles doing the right thing? Don't hold your breath. |
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| dragoneye | May 24 2011, 09:17 PM Post #30 |
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Doing the right thing means putting him in a position to succeed at his next job, whatever that is. He could be a good person for Garth to lean on when it comes time to trade and get his feelings on teammates and other team's players. Keeping him around seems liek a good idea. Curious if he'll end up in NY or even possible at Bridgeport. |
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| sybo | May 26 2011, 01:37 PM Post #31 |
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It's official: Assistant Coach and Senior Adviser to Snow |
Garth Snow circa 2006:
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| Snowy | May 26 2011, 02:43 PM Post #32 |
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Interesting that he gets BOTH an assistant coach job and special advisor to the GM positions. Garth wants him around the players, and Dougie can also get some front office experience. Sounds like he will dabble in both for this season and maybe pick one or the other next season, but that's JMO. Darren Dreger said that Jim Schoenfeld holds the same positions with the Rangers. |
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| rifleman22 | May 26 2011, 03:05 PM Post #33 |
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All Star
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Good for him he'll be a welcome addition on the bench. He is respected and young players will look up to him for guidance. He deserves this opportunity and I think he will help us short term. Long term I see him as a head coach somewhere, maybe Edmonton or St. Louis where he is also respected. Good luck, Doug, and thanks for all you gave as a player (even though I thought he may have laced them up a bit too long). |
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THE RIFLE Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. | |
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| sybo | May 26 2011, 03:48 PM Post #34 |
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I'm pretty happy he will be behind the bench...this can only be a good thing for this group of guys (Coach included) |
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| Islander4cups | May 26 2011, 08:32 PM Post #35 |
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saw that he said he was running the pp in his interview with deb on nhl network. thank god. I never understood why asst coaches who were never successful offensive players get to coach a completely offensive aspect of the game. Reminds me of a story Bob Ucker told in his book Catcher in the Rye...Bob Gibson had just let up a hr and the manager yells at Ucker from the dugout to go out and talk to Gibby to calm him down. Ucker is afraid of Gibson and doesn't want to go and shakes off the manager. The manager yells at Uck, "I don't care if you are scared of him, I'm the mananger. Go talk to him". Ucker starts to walk to the mound and Gibson starts screaming at him, "Ucker, get your @$$ back behind the plate and gimme the ffffing ball. The only thing you know about pitching is its hard to hit." That is what I think about when I see some of these guys run pp's in the nhl...the only thing you know about scoring is its difficult. |
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| Snowy | May 26 2011, 09:29 PM Post #36 |
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Ha, that's a funny story. Always enjoy hearing it. Very good point about the coaching. |
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| LEDZEP | May 27 2011, 01:58 PM Post #37 |
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Doug Weight Retires =============== BYE BYE Accepts Asst Coach and Asst GM position ============================= So he's on the bench asking Cappy and Snow if they want more coffee
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Sometimes I grow so tired, but I know I've got one thing I got to do... ![]() What puckhead says is Islander law Come in with the milk "A leader, once convinced a particular course of action is the right one, must have the determination to stick with it and be undaunted when the going gets rough." Ronald Reagan | |
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| OlTimeHockey | May 27 2011, 02:11 PM Post #38 |
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I fixed it for ya Led!
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"clearly it's Rick DiPietro's stupidity that's put the islanders in this situation getting into an altercation when a game was over..." Keith Jones on VS "But the Coliseum became a repository for all the team's troubles, a convenient scapegoat. There were suggestions that no major free agent ever would set foot in such a decrepit place. We have two words for anyone making that argument: Fenway Park. History says free agents would play in an old boxcar if they got enough money and had a chance to win." - Mark Herrmann 查理斯 · 請死你混蛋 | |
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| MMingE | Jun 22 2011, 10:21 PM Post #39 |
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Those of you who missed the Awards Ceremony. Doug won the King Clancy trophy |
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| #19Trotts | Jun 23 2011, 05:18 AM Post #40 |
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Congrats to Doug! ![]() I guess that's what you deserve after taking care of John Tavares for a whole rookie campain.
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