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Why Joe Sacco Has Been A Success
by Paul on 02/10/10 at 09:22 AM ET
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from Adrian Dater of the Denver Post,
What has been the rookie coach’s secret of success? It takes a village to build a good team, of course, and others deserve credit for Colorado’s resurgence — starting with general manager Greg Sherman’s midnight phone call to Craig Anderson when the free-agent season began. Can you imagine what the state of things would be around here if Sherman had, say, instead signed aging goalie Nikolai Khabibulin to the same bloated contract Edmonton did?
But I think the biggest reason Sacco has succeeded has been his flushing of a pass-the-buck atmosphere in the locker room. It’s hard to assiduously label a pro team, with so many variables that can happen. Sometimes, no matter how good the coach is, it just doesn’t work.
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I think he sucked in Cleveland the past couple seasons because an injury ravaged Avs team took half of the Monsters as call-ups multiple times. Especially the guys that had any talent.
Sacco had no idea who was even going to be on the team from week to week let alone work chemistry or go with the “hot” players. If they got hot and started playing well the Avs took them.
Posted by AvsRock from My timeshare in insanity... on 02/10/10 at 03:05 PM ET
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He sucked eggs in Cleveland. This is his first winning season as a coach. I wonder how long it will last.
Posted by redxblack from Akron Ohio on 02/10/10 at 11:26 AM ET