Adrian Dater posted this video on a recent All Things Avs blog post, and I made the mistake of reading the comments. Most were pretty benign, but Joseph wrote this:




That's absolutely ridiculous. It's very hard to believe that Sacco gets paid good money to coach this team.

A "tire" drill????

Guess that's what terrible coaches do when they've run out ideas.

Joseph's comment is off-base on a number of points, but the most egregious one is the fact he assumed Joe Sacco created this drill and took the team through it. Well, Joseph would be wrong.

As I recall, sometime during the 2009-2010 season, Ryan O`Reilly—rink rat that he is—started creating his own drills for that period of time when the official practice is over but the team still has ice time. This part of practice is optional and generally lasts about an hour although most players don't stay out that long. I'm sure I don't need to tell you who does this season.


http://www.milehighhockey.com/2012/4...-the-avalanche