Who was the worst head coach in NHL history?
Over time here wе hаνе talked аbουt coaches whο wеrе giants іn thеіr profession (Scotty Bowman, Al Arbour, Toe Blake quickly come tο mind). Bυt, I hаνе уеt tο see a discussion аbουt thе louts οf thе coaching pedigree. Whο hаνе bееn absolutely lousy chief іn chief NHL teams?
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Rick tockett
Anyone who has coached the Florida Panthers. Especially that asshole Doug MacLean.
Wayne Gretzky.
Sometimes, people can play the game but can’t coach out of an open box.
Mike Keenan for the last 10 years and Wayne Gretzky. Gretzky is at least stuck with a terrible team that has never been excellent.
Take your pick from any of these dogs that graced the floor behind the home bench in hockey’s holiest shrine during the 1980s: John Brophy (.378), Mike Nykoluk (.402), Doug Carpenter (.456) or Dan Maloney (.328).
John Brophy gets my vote.
I have to go with Tom McVie.
In 1975-76 he coached one of the worst teams in history…..The Washington Capitals
In 1980-81, he got himself into the record books again…………..this time coaching the Winnipeg Jets to a still record 30 game winless streak.
He never coached a team to the playoffs and his career winning percentage at the NHL level is far and away the worst for any coach with 150 games or more coached.
Career record
462 games over parts of 8 years
126 wins
263 losses
73 ties
On the other hand, Tom is one of the most knowledgable hockey men in the game.
Mike Kitchen. He stunk up the St. Louis Blues club. They’re still tiresome to fix it up from last season.
I’ll say the not so fantastic one after his career
Gerard Gallant. He was Doug MacClean’s small puppet coach in Columbus.
without a doubt Mario Tremblay. He is the only coach to ever let his stubbornness lead to loosing arguably the best goaltender ever.
Had he not left Patrick Roy in the net for 9 goals against Detroit just to embarrass him Mtl would never of had to trade him to the Avs.
I guess that’s what you get when you hire a beer salesman, Rejean Houle, as Gm who then brings in Tremblay a coach with no experience to coach hockey’s most storied franchise.
Phil Goyette was the first Islanders coach and his record was 6-38-4 for a winning % of.166 previous to he was replaced midway through the season. He never coached again. That post-tramatic stress disorder must have fried his nerves.
Butch Goring: 89-141-29 between Boston and Islanders winning % around .347. He was a successful minor league coach even if.
who was that guy coaching the canucks when bertuzzi hit moore? i dont like that guy or his smile so i’d say that guy
Lou Angotti when he coached the Penguins in the 83-84 season. After coaching the AHL Shipjackets and previously the Blues, he managed 16 wins and 58 losses out of 80 games. Wowzers, that stinks.
The louts?
There are so many but my vote goes for Bill Laforge when he coached the Canucks and ruined Darcy Rota’s career during some bogus camp drill. That and being at a game during his reign where the Nux lost 13-3 to LA.
Mike Nykoluk or Doug Carpenter during the ’80s Laffs era were also brutal.
Tom McVie was not a lousy coach. he was stuck with no talent on the expansion Caps and also basically mung in Winterpeg, by the way.