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Should Fred Shero Be In The HHOF?
by Paul on 06/19/11 at 08:16 AM ET
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from Joe Starkey of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,
He was the first head coach to hire an assistant and among the first to use video as a coaching tool and to institute game-day skates. He was a pioneer in the study of Soviet hockey, even traveling behind the Iron Curtain to do so.
Yet, somehow, Fred Shero is not in the Hall of Fame.
We don’t even know if he’s ever been nominated because nominations are kept secret.
“I think over the past few years, people are realizing he’s not in and are making a big push,” Ray Shero said. “I’ve talked to (Flyers chairman) Ed Snider, and he said, ‘This is so ridiculous. Weren’t people watching hockey?’ “
Of course they were, but the ‘70’s Flyers played the most violent form of it anyone had seen. They racked up fighting majors and resentments by the dozen — some of the latter lingering to this day.
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Shero & Burns Should Be In The HHOF
by Paul on 04/05/09 at 08:52 AM ET
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from Larry Brooks of the NY Post,
The Hockey Hall of Fame announced new voting procedures beginning with 2010 that will allow the process to be less restrictive and more inclusive, specifically as it relates to female candidates. It’s a welcome change.
But this is the year for the 18-member panel of voters to remedy what in my mind its most glaring omission to date and one that cannot be defended.
This is the year for the committee to elect Fred Shero, the coach who only helped revolutionize the game during the ‘70s on Broad Street, to the Hall of Fame.
This is also the year for the committee to honor the great Pat Burns with election and induction in November so he can receive his plaque and enjoy the tribute he so richly and unambiguously deserves.
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