TheRussianRocket96 Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 aslong as he didnt bring the tape home with him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topbananas Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 thanks for posting. reminds me of when I took one of my English friends from Uni back up to Scotland for a long weekend, we had been driving for about 2-1/2 hours and were about 3 miles to the border, knowing Paul wasnt the sharpest tool in the box, I told him to get his passport ready so we didnt have to mess around at the border, he didnt have it, I freaked out on him and told him to hide in the boot (trunk) of the car and I would try and smuggle him over the border, he did and I did, letting him out about 5 miles later after stopping at a fake border, doing the voices etc......didnt tell him anything and when we got to Aberedeen we were out in the pub with my pals from home and he was telling them all about him being smuggled over the border......at that point he was let into the joke, one of the funniest days of my life that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerg Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Yup If you haven't read Theo Fleury's "Playing With Fire" then you're missing out. You learn how crazy his life was and what hockey was like back then behind the scenes. Pretty dark and deep read. Also check out Brodeur's "Beyond The Crease" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stawns 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...
CanucksSayEh Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 AV literally threw the rookies under the bus... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCammer Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 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...
Canucks_Hockey_101 Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 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...
MJDDawg Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 I always thought that if we fired AV (not because he's a bad coach, but a shake up sort of like a few cup winners have done in the past) we would need to get a tougher and meaner coach. Unless AV isn't as tough with this core as he has been in the past (a possibility considering how much some of the players seem to like him), a more player friendly coach would be required if we were to shake things up? It's like how we put Schneider in for Luongo last playoffs. We needed to try something, and Schneider played goal a lot differently. FYI, I want AV to stay for the time being. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WL Canuck Fan Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Every TV commercial is a time out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WL Canuck Fan Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 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...
brownky Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 What I don't understand is how a story from junior 25 years ago makes any difference about his abilities now. As a guy to have as a buddy on a beer league team or to go for a beer with, I bet he's absolutely dynamite. As the coach of this NHL team which is underperforming, and has underperformed at key times over the past few years, he is not the correct option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vansicle Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 What I don't understand is how a story from junior 25 years ago makes any difference about his abilities now. As a guy to have as a buddy on a beer league team or to go for a beer with, I bet he's absolutely dynamite. As the coach of this NHL team which is underperforming, and has underperformed at key times over the past few years, he is not the correct option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. White Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Man that rookies under the bus prank cracked me up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicky Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Tough, a jokester, and not afraid to tell it like he sees it. AV JR for coach? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkeeterHansen Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Cool! Has anyone else read any hockey biographies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesB Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Not everyone that wants him fired is a "bandwagon" fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurf47 Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Cool! Has anyone else read any hockey biographies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoneypuckOverlord Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 And you guys want this guy fired? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KILTED CANUCK Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 That's whining and complaining. You are spoiled for coming to a forum ( a place to sound off on your opinion) and expressing an unpopular view. Remember the old days when it was worse? Since it is better now, you aren't allowed to hope for it to get even better. Be content with the status quo or go support another team, whiner. Oh . . . uh, and, bandwagoner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brockbuster Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 AV is a good coach. But sometimes change is needed. One problem with the Canucks that they have become very predictable playing the AV system. Another issue is that most of the players have already learned everything they can from AV and AV has no new way to motivate the players. Everything he says and does they have seen and heard before. He is a successful coach, but changing at this stage would not be crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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