Watermelons Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Maybe Hodgson and his dad really disliked the pranks AV played on rookies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cIutch Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Maybe Hodgson and his dad really disliked the pranks AV played on rookies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jigsaw99 Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 And you guys want this guy fired? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Ramsay Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 lol the initiation part was a funny joke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRussianRocket96 Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 Good share. Was thinking JR would be a great read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucklehead53 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 the luggage bag trick was hilarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyville88 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Hilarious! Man it must be so cool being a part of the CHL hockey family I really like AV for not taking everything so seriously. He's intense when he needs to be but he's not a drill sergeant either. The players seem to have a good relationship with him because of that. He treats them like men, not little kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spliced Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I think AV has probably softened a bit over the years but I also think he picks his spots and doesn't take himself too seriously. I'm sure he rips players at times but he leaves that in the room and doesn't necessarily take it into media scrums. Plus the team wins a lot, if the team was terrible he would probably show a bit more frustration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockey Fever Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 There's only two things that drive me nuts about AV , he doesn't use his time outs when it could really help and he has to lighten up on the throat lozenges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bookie Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Cool! Has anyone else read any hockey biographies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehamburglar Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I like AV but I do think he needs to change it up sometimes in playoffs. But I'm happy my team has him over someone else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerwilliams for pm Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Wow that shows that there is a hardass behind that smile! Great post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cIutch Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 why did he need a camera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuretoMogilny Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Great Post and good insight into a terrific coach. Many vancouver fans, and I understand, are young, haven't been through many tough years watching this team and have become what I'd consider somewhat spoiled. This is the reason we see incessant whining/complaining on here when the nucks lose, if someone has a bad game etc. What many of these fans haven't lived through, is the team of the 70's and 80's that pretty much sucked, but definitely had character. Thats what it means to be a Canuck (to play with heart and drive, a lunchbucket attitude, something AV tried to instill day 1) and guys like Smyl, Linden, Naslund, Bert, Sedins, Lou (yes I said Lou) have carried this attitude throughout the years. Unfortunately, not having seen those lean years, many of the new nucks fans really don't realize how lucky we are to have two of the finest NHL players in the league leading our team, to have had a stanley cup appearance 2 years ago, to be perrenial contenders for the last 5 years and likely the next 4-5, to have two of the finest goaltenders to ever put on a Canucks jersey, to have won back to back presidents trophies, potentially win a 3rd, to have a hart, selke, 2 art ross winners, a vezina candidate, a vezina candidate to be, jennings winners, a coach of the year and gm of the year, all on the same team. When I was a kid, I dreamed of being lucky enough to see this, we dreamed during the Naslund era to have a team like the redwings that just always seemed to be in the hunt. Well we have it, and all people do is complain, ya know what, AV has alot to do with the above success...those who say fire him are clueless. Go look at the nucks records through the 70s and 80s and even 90s and then suggest that AV should be fired. As one post mentioned, this man is not going anywhere unless he loses the room, and given Lou's reaction to him on after hours, I'd say thats not going to happen anytime soon. The man has the team's respect, has earned it, its about time fans realize what we have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jono2009 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Great story. I like AV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRussianRocket96 Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 just wanted to bump this for some people who may have not seen it! too good to miss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbal23 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 why did he need a camera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryten Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 That's pretty funny, the hazing when I was in junior wasn't. Some of the younger guys had to go to school with "vampire bites" or were made to swallow chew (not me thankfully). Funniest thing our coach ever did was clear out the dressing room, bring in two pairs of boxing gloves and a stopwatch and told us we each had to fight a player of his choosing. Ya, he really wasn't that funny (although most of the fights were kind of funny). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higgyfan Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 AV always struck me as a guy with a good sense of humour. I get the honesty and I can see him being tough on guys that were slacking off, but I never thought of him as a yeller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cIutch Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Probably turn it on and went home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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