Former NHLer Silfverberg exposes current NHL coach for ridiculous methods
“He acted like a complete idiot.”
Former Anaheim Ducks forward Jakob Silfverberg, now with his hometown team Brynas in the Swedish SHL, had some scathing words for his final season in the NHL and in particular for the work of Ducks coach Greg Cronin.
Silfverberg claims that last season with the Ducks in a game where they were trailing 5-0, that Cronin forced all of the players onto the ice and to look him in the eyes while he screamed at that. Silfverberg thought to himself, "What the Hell are you doing? You want to humble us?" He then concluded by saying Cronin, "Acted like a complete idiot."
Check it out:
Yeesh... that's pretty damning.
It's also worth noting that isn't the first time that Cronin's coaching methods have been called into question.
The crew on the Spittin' Chiclets podcast absolutely eviscerated the coach with a scathing takedown earlier this season.
"Cronin is absolutely despised by the Ducks' players," host Ryan Whitney said back in October.
"My understand is that a lot of guys in their post season meetings last year were like, 'this guy's not the answer. We need someone different in the seat to teach us the pro game and not just screaming at us," Whitney's co-host Paul Bissonnette added. "I'm hearing that it's one of the most dysfunctional locker rooms in the NHL," said Bissonnette.
Maybe there's some exaggeration going on from both Silfverberg and and the Spittin' Chiclets crew, but the fact of the matter is that Cronin simply doesn't have the resume to behave this way. Prototypical 'old school' coaches like John Tortorella have earned the respect of their players through hardwork, determination and, frankly, through winning. Cronin hasn't really won at any level and he expects his players to respect him just simply because? Things don't work that way, at least not at the professional level.
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