Bob Mancini
Bob Mancini
Bob Mancini is a current regional manager for the USA Hockey American Development Model and the former head coach and assistant coach at the collegiate, International, and junior levels...
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Kitchener may be the class of our conference. Erie always has a good team. They do a good job of reloading. We'll be playing in two very tough buildings this weekend.
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It starts with attitude. Getting rid of the jerks. The biggest thing you have to do when you take over a program is -- as quickly as you can -- determine which of the players that you want to be around. Which of the players that want to be players and go from there. It's tough because sometimes you have to get rid of good players.
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It's the new directive and you don't celebrate too much after scoring 10 goals because you can go out tomorrow and get 10 scored against you. That's the way it is -- you're never really out it. It's 9-5 and you take some penalties, give up a couple of five-on-three advantages and it's a brand new game.
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I think it's experience. Most of our (key) guys have played three years in the league minimum, which is huge.
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As soon as we get over the disappointment of the playoff loss, (we'll realize) that this was a great season. This was an outstanding season by a bunch of young men that came together and worked hard for every win they got.
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The second most important thing for the first half of the season was the character and leadership in that locker room. They all get along.
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I thought we played hard in the third. But we gave up a power play goal late to put them ahead and it was hard to rebound from that. I give our players on the bench a lot of credit after that goal against. They didn't quit. They didn't want to quit. They continued to play hard.
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My issue with the whole thing is that I don't believe that they applied the rules correctly. They way I understand it ... is the referees are in charge. They're supposed to have a decision. They need to call goal or no goal and (in replay) determine whether it's conclusive or inconclusive. I'm looking forward to talking to the league tomorrow.
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We're moving the puck at a good tempo. We have players that can really play offensively. The players are embracing the concept of unselfishness. They don't care who gets the goals.