***Mike Foligno Will Replace Newell Brown***
by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jun 24, 2010 5:48 PM PDT
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The Ducks today named Mike Foligno as the club's new Assistant Coach. According to the OC Register, he will replace Assistant Coach Newell Brown, whose expiring contract was not renewed.
Foligno has AHL and NHL coaching experience, but has spent the last seven seasons coaching Sudbury of the OHL. Brown finishes his second stint with the Ducks. In his first campaign in Anaheim, from 1998-2000, he constructed the third best NHL power play in the last 20 years, and serving as a member of Randy Carlyle's staff since 2005, the Ducks had four playoff finishes and a Stanley Cup before missing the postseason this past spring.
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I’m not sure I know how I feel about this move. I don’t know much about Brown aside from what I’ve read about him, but he seemed like a great guy. But I guess if he wasn’t working for the HC, he doesn’t get the extension. It is a business after all. Having said that, I’m not impressed at all with Foligno’s record in the OHL as a HC. Below 500 in the regular season and playoffs (though he somehow made the playoffs in 6 of 7 seasons…). Ouch… Hopefully he was meant to be an AC rather than a HC which is why he’s back to that…
I hate to say it, but Brown’s got such a good resume, this move actually gives Carlyle a little more security. Maybe not intentionally, but that’s what it does.
by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jun 24, 2010 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, Brown was in charge of special teams I believe. Maybe a good thing, since it’s sucked ass for the last 2 years. The only thing holding the PP together was Teemu.
"Whenever I’m suffering from insomnia, I just look at a picture of a Toyota Camry and I’m straight off."
Brown was in charge of the power play specifically, and best home power play in the league last year and best power play overall in the final months of the season before that would seem to contradict the degree of sucking
by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jun 24, 2010 7:13 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
You do remember the stretches when Teemu was hurt right? It was brutal.
"Whenever I’m suffering from insomnia, I just look at a picture of a Toyota Camry and I’m straight off."
Bobby was the finisher in his place. I’m not saying it’s not designed for someone to finish and that that person needs to, but there was a larger lapse in effort than coaching. I think being the architect of hte third best power play in 20 years makes it tough to make some kind of incompetence argument.
by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Jun 25, 2010 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
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