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00:00The Bruins do have a new head coach.
00:02It's Marco Sturm.
00:04Didn't win for the Bruins.
00:05No.
00:06Played for the Bruins.
00:06On the squad, though.
00:07Part of the Joe Thornton trade, part of the return.
00:09Yep.
00:10Which did usher in a new era in Boston.
00:12I know the Razor didn't like to hear that when I told him that.
00:14They won a few short years later, but he also missed that team.
00:17He's like the Logan Mankins there.
00:18Yeah, it's true.
00:19He was gone, I think, the year or two years before they won the Cup.
00:22He didn't win in 2011, correct.
00:23He was there.
00:24He got the game-winner in the Winter Classic.
00:26Yeah, I heard somebody talk to him.
00:27I told you I did the walk-off interview.
00:30At the Winter Classic with Marco Sturm.
00:31So he'd remember you?
00:32No.
00:33No, no, no, no, no.
00:34Hey, Marco, remember at the Fenway Winter Classic?
00:36Marco, remember the game-winner at the Winter Classic?
00:38He's like, yeah.
00:38Actually, he might.
00:39He's like, I remember everything about it.
00:40Remember the interview you did walking off the ice?
00:42He's like, I have no recollection of that.
00:43That was electric.
00:44No, some pipsqueak interviewing you.
00:46So he's the new head coach of the Bruins.
00:48Thumbs up, thumbs down, Keith.
00:49I mean, right now, it's, I guess.
00:51Down.
00:52If you have to.
00:52Okay.
00:53Don't bully me.
00:54Don't bully me.
00:55If you have to pick between the two, it just seems like.
00:58It's thumbs, the game's thumbs up, thumbs down, Keith.
01:00I'm thumbs in the middle, like Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator, where he starts out in the middle.
01:04Yeah, but then where are the points?
01:05No, he'd be down.
01:06They're the last team to pick a coach.
01:08And this was the guy who was, like, rumored for a while, but he's a former player of the
01:12team, and you're like, all right, how extensive was this search?
01:15And also, I wonder how many guys really wanted this job.
01:18I know Don Sweeney's telling everybody in the world that'll listen, it's an original six team.
01:22Like, everybody wants to coach the Bruins.
01:24Right.
01:24I'm not so sure about that, because whoever coaches the Bruins becomes a scapegoat for
01:28the Bruins.
01:29It's not the player's fault.
01:30It's not Don's fault.
01:31It's not Cam's fault.
01:32It's really not the Jacob's fault.
01:33It's been the coach's fault the last five, six years when things go wrong.
01:37So I don't know how many guys are lined up for it.
01:38Hence, they were the last one to hire somebody.
01:41How is he only the 30th coach in franchise history?
01:43Doesn't it feel like there's way more?
01:45Just recently, there's been, like, added to that number.
01:47I mean, I guess what, the Bruins...
01:48They probably had long stretches early when they were good.
01:50Maybe that's actually a higher number than I give a credit for.
01:52They just celebrated their centennial.
01:55This is the first time I'm hearing it.
01:56Their 100 years.
01:57Okay.
01:57So 30 coaches in 100 years.
01:59They last three years here in Boston-ish.
02:01Who are your 100 favorite Bruins?
02:02Ooh, good question.
02:03Well, you've got to start with Dick Clapper.
02:06I think you start with Dick Clapper.
02:08No, no, no.
02:09Dick.
02:09Oh, Dick.
02:10Yeah.
02:11Yeah, yeah, yeah.
02:12Sorry.
02:12Some people say that's a myth.
02:14Got it.
02:14Yeah, yeah, yeah.
02:17Milch Schmidt.
02:18Yo, Milch Schmidt.
02:19Milch Schmidt.
02:19I think, can we say this still?
02:20I think the whole Kraut line, I think, really is...
02:22Ooh.
02:23Yeah, is that.
02:23Dump that.
02:24Marco Sturm.
02:24Yeah, Sturm's on there.
02:25Sturm's on there.
02:26Probably like 98-ish, yeah.
02:27Is this good, bad, or in between that three of the four head coaches in town were former
02:32players for the team?
02:33Bad.
02:34I think it's bad.
02:35It's bad.
02:36It shows they have no...
02:38Either it tells you...
02:38Zero creativity.
02:39Either it tells you how little coaches do, and they're like, well, let's just hire somebody
02:42who played here for PR purposes, or it just shows you how unimaginative they are.
02:47This is why...
02:47Well, I mean, I think they're all like a little...
02:49Yeah, I think that might be true, the unimaginative.
02:51I think case by case, Robert Kraft is just wanting to hang on to the glory days so badly
02:56that he went back to back former players.
02:59It's unimaginative, but it's also with him hanging on to the glory days.
03:02I don't really get what Sturm is.
03:03I don't really understand what Sturm is either.
03:06Hopefully he can relate to the coach-up young players.
03:10He was in the AHL, right?
03:11The last three years?
03:12Yeah, he was in the AHL, where he went, and I'm relying on Gemini for these numbers.
03:17How'd they do...
03:18Gemini?
03:181-19, 80, 11, and 6 in the AHL.
03:22Okay.
03:23So that's...
03:23Let me do the math.
03:241-19, and 97.
03:26He did make the playoffs in all three of his years.
03:28He went 5-7.
03:30Hell yeah.
03:30In the...
03:31No Calder Cups for him.
03:33But he made the playoffs every year.
03:34Yeah, yeah, yeah.
03:34The AHL players.
03:35He's like Jim Montgomery.
03:36He's like Bruce Cassidy.
03:37He's Bruins-esque.
03:38He'll get you there.
03:38He'll get you there.
03:39And he'll get out, and then three years later, he'll be looking for a new job.
03:42Yeah.
03:42So that's Marco Sturm.
03:43There are a couple of statements.
03:45You want these?
03:45Of course I do.
03:46I love statements.
03:47Bruins, great.
03:47Marco Sturm.
03:48No, it didn't.
03:49Is that the statement?
03:50No, I'm...
03:50I'm telling you who it is.
03:52I thought that's what it started.
03:53Bruins, great.
03:54Marco Sturm.
03:55Quote, I'm incredibly honored to be named head coach of the Boston Bruins.
03:58I want to thank Charlie Jacobs and the Jacobs family, Cam Neely, Don Sweeney, for trusting
04:03me with this opportunity.
04:04Boston has always held a special place in my heart.
04:06Look it up real quick.
04:06How many teams has he played for?
04:07He played for several teams.
04:09A lot.
04:10Seven!
04:10No, he played for the Sharks.
04:12Bruins, Kings, Capitals, Canucks, Panthers, as well as a few other teams in other countries.
04:18It's one of the top, like, ten teams he played for in his career.
04:20Yeah.
04:21If it wasn't here, or San Jose, or LA, or Washington, or Vancouver, or Florida, or overseas.
04:25Any other teams in Germany.
04:27Or all...
04:27Yes, right.
04:28And I know how much this team means to me, sorry, to the city and to our fans.
04:32I felt that passion as a player.
04:33I can't wait to be behind the bench.
04:35And I feel it again.
04:37I'm excited to get to work and do everything I can to help this team succeed.
04:41All right.
04:42Another Bruins great.
04:42Don Sweeney said.
04:43Yep.
04:44We're proud to name Marco as the 30th head coach and welcome his family.
04:47Throughout this process, our goal was to identify a coach who could uphold our strong defensive
04:51foundation.
04:53That was the goal?
04:56Let's get pucks on net, guys.
04:58Come on.
04:58Were they strong defensively last year?
05:00No.
05:00And help us evolve offensively.
05:02Yes.
05:03Now we're talking.
05:03We were also looking for a communicator and leader, someone who connects with players,
05:07develops young talent, and earns the respect of the room.
05:10All right.
05:10Marco impressed every step with his preparation, clarity, and passion.
05:14His path to the NHL from Europe, blah, blah, blah.
05:17As a former Bruin, blah, blah, blah.
05:21He's going to bring competitive, hard-nosed brand of hockey to reflect exactly what the
05:25Bruins' next step should be.
05:26Okay.
05:26So there you go.
05:27New HC.
05:28Kind of a poorly kept secret, right?
05:30Somebody had it, like, weeks ago.
05:32They were like, yeah, it feels like it's Marco Sturm.
05:33Yeah.
05:34I was reading McLaughlin today.
05:35Who was the guy from Elite Prospects had this, like, a week ago?
05:38Yeah.
05:38I think so.
05:38Yeah, yeah, yeah.
05:39So a poorly kept secret, but he's the new head coach of the Boston Bruins.
05:42Congratulations to Marco.
05:42The last team to dumpster dive and hire a head coach.
05:46Congrats to the Boston Bruins.
05:48I was rooting for Mitch Love, just so we could call him.
05:50You wanted Mitch Love?
05:50We could call him Mitch Lovin.
05:52That's what I was rooting for, just to get that going.
05:54But unfortunately, they go with Marco Sturm.
05:56Thumbs up, thumbs down, Bruins fans.
05:58Thumbs in the middle, also an option.
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