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Morning Line
by Paul on 02/18/13 at 11:59 AM ET
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“The fact is — three years with no playoffs, no playoff-round (wins) since 2004. We need to get some answers here. To sit and watch the parade go by . . . like, how long will that go on?
“I never go back home at night or wake up in the morning the day after a game and say, ‘I should have done this. I should have done that.’ I do it. I live with the results, whether they’re good or bad. I’m a guy, I like to be active. We have the flexibility right now to try some stuff. And it sends messages to the rest of the team.”
-Bob Hartley, coach of the Calgary Flames. More from Scott Cruickshank of the Calgary Herald.
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Morning Line
by Paul on 02/02/13 at 12:57 PM ET
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New coach Bob Hartley called Miikka Kiprusoff one of the reasons he came to Calgary. If Kipper keeps playing this way, he might be one of the reasons Hartley leaves, too.
-Allan Muir of Sports Illustrated where you can read more 'one-liners' on hockey.
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Morning Line
by Paul on 02/01/13 at 10:02 AM ET
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“We’re capable of much better than this. They made us pay on every play that we turned the puck over. That was the difference in the game.
“I don’t think it was a lack of desire. It was about execution. We didn’t lose the game late in the third. We lost the game much before this.
“We played with fire and we burned ourselves.”
-Bob Hartley, coach of the Calgary Flames after losing 6-3 to the Avalanche at home. More from George Johnson of the Calgary Herald.
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Hartley Plans To Keep Winning
by Paul on 01/16/13 at 12:47 PM ET
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from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail,
There are those who may wonder why Bob Hartley, fresh off a championship season in the Swiss league, would consider taking over the Calgary Flames, the definition of an NHL team mired in mediocrity.
Those are people who don’t know much about Hartley, and his deep-seated penchant to just win, baby.
“I’m a person, I’ve never been scared of challenges,” Hartley said. “I just turned 52. I could have stayed in Zurich for many years. It would have been easy for me to say, ‘Fifty games, no travel, sleep at home every night,’ – but that’s not me.”
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A New Attitude In Calgary
by Paul on 06/07/12 at 12:11 PM ET
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from Vicki Hall of the Calgary Herald,
Hartley has already reached out to all the players, and has talked to all but two or three.
His first call? None other than captain Jarome Iginla.
“I spoke to him about my experience with Joe Sakic in Colorado,” Hartley said. “I told him everywhere I coach, my captain is kind of an assistant coach. He is the link between the players and the coaching staff. I rely on that.”
The Flames released a statement Wednesday from Iginla, who had previously been unavailable for comment on the hiring of Hartley.
“His reputation and accomplishments are very impressive,” Iginla said. “I have heard he is a very detailed and passionate coach, and from our initial conversation, I’m looking forward to learning from him and getting better as a team.”
After three seasons with no playoffs in Calgary, some fans are clearly pining for wholesale changes in personnel. Hartley clearly sees no such upheaval on the horizon.
“We’re going to basically have the same core of players, so it’s up to us,” he said. “It’s up to us the players, the coaching staff and the management — to bring in a new attitude.”
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Report- Bob Hartley Will Coach The Calgary Flames
by Paul on 05/31/12 at 01:54 PM ET
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via Renaud P. Lavoie tweets,
Bob Hartley is the new head coach of the Flames.
Hartley was in Calgary since Monday. His Zurich team and the Flames agreed on a compensation for his release.
added 11:56am, from TSN,
Bob Hartley, who was rumoured as a favorite to land the head coaching job with the Montreal Canadiens, will be named the new head coach of the Calgary Flames at a news conference today.
added 12:06pm,
Calgary, AB – The Calgary Flames announced today that they have named Bob Hartley as head coach. Hartley joins the Flames following a championship season with the ZSC Lions of Switzerland’s National League A.
“Bob Hartley is a winner. Bob has won at every level he has coached, from the QMJHL to the AHL to the NHL to Switzerland, and we are confident he is going to continue his winning ways in Calgary,” said Flames General Manager Jay Feaster. “He is a tireless worker, an outstanding motivator, a great bench boss and game strategist; and a teacher at heart. Moreover, he is a great person as well. We look forward to Bob and his wife Micheline joining the Flames family, and to Bob taking our hockey club to the next level.”
“First I would like to thank Jay Feaster and the Calgary Flames for having the confidence to provide me with the opportunity to coach again in the NHL,” said Hartley. “I would also like to express my appreciation to the ZSC Lions for the tremendous experience of coaching and living in Switzerland; and also complying with my wishes to depart their organization for the Calgary Flames. It’s great to return to the League in a city, a community and an organization that has such an outstanding reputation and passion for hockey and success. I look forward to assuming my position and starting the preparation process for the 2012-13 season.”
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Report- Flames Interested In Bob Hartley
by Paul on 05/30/12 at 05:04 PM ET
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from TSN,
According to RDS hockey analyst Vincent Damphousse, Bob Hartley had a second interview with Flames management for the vacant coaching job in Calgary.
Hartley has worked with Flames general manager Jay Feaster before, a connection that dates back to their days with the American Hockey League’s Hershey Bears, where they won the Calder Cup championship together in 1997.
Twitter was buzzing on Monday referencing a report from TheHockeyWriters.com that said Hartley would be named head coach of the Montreal Canadiens and that Memorial Cup champion Shawinigan Cataractes coach Eric Veilleux would join him as an assistant.
However, Hartley has one year remaining on a two-year deal with the ZSC Lions in Zurich, the team he guided to a league title in Switzerland this winter.
Note, Just in case you did not notice, the Hartley to Montreal topic was never posted in the KK Hockey section. Too early for that.
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Hartley Heading to Zurich
by Alanah McGinley on 04/11/11 at 02:59 PM ET
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From Craig Custance at the Sporting News:
Hartley said he plans to honor his commitment to the Zurich Lions in Switzerland. He signed a two-year deal with them in March.
“I’m going to be in Zurich next year for sure,” Hartley told Sporting News. “I’ve always wanted to do this.”
Hartley, who guided the Colorado Avalanche to a Stanley Cup in 2001 and also is the only coach in Atlanta Thrashers franchise history to get that team in the playoffs, said he’s excited to return to coaching after working in television and radio the last couple years.
Hartley will stay in North America long enough to run his annual hockey camp in York, Pennsylvania - now in its 15th year. Then it’s off to Switzerland. He plans on making the move to Switzerland on July 24
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Hartley Appears Russia Bound
by Paul on 09/16/08 at 01:08 PM ET
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via Scott Burnside of ESPN,
(Bob) Hartley said Tuesday morning that he is being courted by Avangard Omsk of the Kontinental Hockey League and is on the verge of taking a coaching job there.
According to the team’s Web site, Omsk fired coaches Sergei Gersonsky and Igor Zhilinsky on Tuesday after a slow 2-4 start.
“I am very interested and excited about the possibilities there,” Hartley said.
One of those possibilities is coaching Jaromir Jagr, who signed with Omsk after failing to reach an amicable deal with the New York Rangers.
added 11:41am, via Craig Custance of the Sporting News,
“They’ve talked to me, but there’s nothing done right now,” Hartley told Sporting News. “I think it could happen, but there’s nothing sure right now.”
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Waddell Takes Advantage Of Thrashers Skill
by Paul on 11/29/07 at 11:22 AM ET
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from David Shoalts of the Globe and Mail,
Holik said Hartley also wanted the Thrashers to play that crash-and-bang style and the early results were even worse than the Leafs’.
“That takes a lot out of you,” he said. “Our team didn’t have [the size]. We don’t have the biggest team, but we’re a skating team, so the biggest thing for us is puck control.”
Now, instead of asking talents such as Ilya Kovalchuk to dump the puck into the offensive zone and try to get it back, the Thrashers carry the puck a lot more. Waddell also allows Kovalchuk, Marian Hossa and the other forwards to freelance more on offence.
more on the Thrashers…
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Hartley Wants To Coach
by Paul on 11/19/07 at 03:21 PM ET
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from Pierre LeBrun if the CP via MetroNews,
A Russian agent did indeed recently contact Hartley, who was fired as head coach of the Thrashers on Oct. 17.
“They asked me if I would be interested,” said Hartley. “When you love hockey, you’re interested in coaching and everything ... But we’ll just wait and see how everything plays out.”
He obviously wants back into coaching but wants to make the right move the next time the phone rings.
“I’ve been coaching for the last 20 years,” said Hartley, who coached in Canadian major junior and the AHL before getting his first NHL job in 1998 with Colorado. “But it would be very selfish of me right now to say, ‘I want to coach in the NHL tomorrow.’
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To Blame or Not Blame the Coach
by Alanah McGinley on 10/21/07 at 07:05 PM ET
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From Terry Frei at the Denver Post,
Atlanta’s 0-6 start this season that led to Hartley’s firing followed, and perhaps a change had to be made. But the “Aw, he was too tough” malarkey that came out of Atlanta was so lamely clichéd and predictable, it makes anyone who went along with it look silly.
In any sport, if it works, it’s “restoring order”; if it doesn’t, it’s “pettiness.” I think they still teach that in Sportswriting 101.
Plus, this is the sport that more than any other gives players excuses to tune out coaches with the prevailing attitude that coaches’ effectiveness is a short-term proposition, and all they need is the ability to determine which side of that rationalization standard the coach falls on.
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Hartley Fired
by Paul on 10/17/07 at 02:08 PM ET
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from TSN,
After six straight losses to open the season, the Atlanta Thrashers have fired head coach Bob Hartley. General Manager Don Wadell will take over behind the bench on an interim basis until a replacement can be hired.
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