Montgomery is just the third head coach the Bruins have hired since 2007. The two previous head coaches in Boston -- Claude Julien and Bruce Cassidy -- both enjoyed tremendous success. Cassidy was fired on June 6.
Montgomery has previous NHL head coaching experience. He was behind the bench for the Dallas Stars in 2018-19 and led the team to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, where it lost to the eventual champion St. Louis Blues.
He was fired 31 games into the following system for "unprofessional conduct". Montgomery talked about his battle with alcohol in an interview with The Athletic's Pierre LeBrun in May of 2020.
After getting his life back on track, Montgomery was hired by the Blues in September of 2020 to be an assistant coach on Craig Berube's staff.
Before becoming the Stars head coach, Montgomery was the head coach at the University of Denver for five seasons from 2013-14 through 2017-18. Denver went to two Frozen Fours and won an NCAA championship under Montgomery in 2016-17.
Montgomery played at the University of Maine in the early 1990s.
Thanks for chiming in with an informed opinion.“Unprofessional conduct” is being a drunk?
not sure I love this but no clue who the other options were
No offense, but you’ve been dumping out some terrible takes with alarming frequency, what’s going on?“Unprofessional conduct” is being a drunk?
not sure I love this but no clue who the other options were
Probably early onset dementiaNo offense, but you’ve been dumping out some terrible takes with alarming frequency, what’s going on?
Take a break from this thread, then.Probably early onset dementia
If you're truly interested, he acknowledged the Stars made the right decision as he works to overcome his problems.What was the conduct?
"When I looked in the mirror, people wonder why I'm thankful for the Dallas Stars and (general manager) Jim Nill for what they did even though I understand that I disappointed Jim Nill, the staff I worked with and the players especially. I let them down," Montgomery reflected. "That firing was deserved. I wasn't doing the right things.
Since his firing, Montgomery has been going to intensive therapy in Dallas and has a daily program, which he calls "conditioning to my sobriety."
"I've sought that help and that's why I talk about that daily conditioning allows me to have a sober life and my life is much better," Montgomery detailed. "I tell you that a lot of people have told me that your life is going to get better and now that I'm coming up on six months, it does get better.
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Montgomery had a great relationship with the Blues young players, particularly Robert Thomas and Jordan Kyrou, who had breakout 82-game seasons. From the sounds of the coaching change in Boston, that’s what the Bruins were looking for.
We kind of have to right? Like half the team is going to start the year on IR, so it'll be a good time to throw a bunch of young guys in, see what sticks, and hope to have everyone healthy along by the playoffs.The writing is on the wall with this hire. The rebuild is coming sooner than later and I think we'll see a lot of the young guys coming out of camp.
did someone point out Cassidy's .671 points percentage as a head coach?Gasper asks Charlie and Jeremy why the fired Cassidy but not Neely/Sweeney...
Edit: Neely's been to 3 Cups as President, Sweeney has a .600+ points percentage under his tenure is the Jacobs family answer
Nope. The gist was that they trust Cam and Don, here's their credentials, the coach falls under their area of responsibility so they were going to support whatever decision was made.did someone point out Cassidy's .671 points percentage as a head coach?
This was a really good piece. I remember being a freshman at Merrimack when these guys came down and they hype surrounding that was like the Chicago Bulls coming to town. I had like a 100 degree fever that day/night, but I didn't want to miss the show either night. They crushed the Warriors but looked so good doing it that it didn't matter.Chad Finn with a nice piece on their days at UMaine.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/07/03/sports/jim-montgomery-proved-his-mettle-with-young-players-decades-ago-with-one-you-know-paul-kariya/
I like the theory, and dont know enough to know how to make it happen. Maybe its just a byproduct of moving. One thing is certain.....it will lead to a lot more yelling at the TV when they dont shoot.Offensively, the biggest change is they are going away from a volume shot approach. Under Cassidy the Bruins routinely led or were near the top of the league in shot attempts, but not necessarily the high danger shots and of course goals. Analytically speaking, Monty doesn't want a shot attempt unless it has a greater than 5% chance of going in. He'd rather they hold the puck and wait for something to open up than fling a low percentage shot at the net. The data point they use was Monty's Blues team last year who were 25th in 5x5 shot attempts per 60, but were 5th in 5x5 goals.
On the flip side though, it will lead to a lot less yelling at the TV when they fire 30 non-competitive shots into the logo on the goalie’s jersey for a faceoff, instead of maintaining possession.I like the theory, and dont know enough to know how to make it happen. Maybe its just a byproduct of moving. One thing is certain.....it will lead to a lot more yelling at the TV when they dont shoot.
I for one look forward to the amount of drunks in the garden screaming "SHOOOOOOT THE PUCK!!!" its classic that never gets old.I like the theory, and dont know enough to know how to make it happen. Maybe its just a byproduct of moving. One thing is certain.....it will lead to a lot more yelling at the TV when they dont shoot.