Manny Malhotra on His Approach as the New Head Coach
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Back in on Canuck Central, broadcasting live from the Kintec studio. Keep your thoughts coming in to our Dunbar Lumber text inbox, 650-650.
And this hour of Canuck Central is brought to you by your lower mainland, Boston Pizza. The playoffs are here and BP is ready. So skip the couch, catch every hit, every goal, every save, every playoff beard. This is how you watch playoff hockey. It's Satyar Shah and Bik Nizar. We have producers Josh and Arash on top of things here today as well. And we'll keep chatting with you on the text inbox. Get those thoughts in and we'll hit more of your thoughts and comments as the show goes on here. But without much further ado, let's go to the Able Auctions hotline and welcome in our next guest. It is Manny Malhotra, the new coach of the Vancouver Canucks. Manny, thanks for making some time for us. Congratulations on getting the gig and officially being introduced today to the media.
What was it like sitting there and talking about being a Vancouver Canucks head coach?
Honestly, it was a little surreal sitting in that chair and taking it all in. It's slowly starting to settle in for me. How... unbelievable an opportunity this is and just couldn't be happier to be here.
What were the pre-discussions like? You guys all know each other. As you mentioned, all your philosophies and visions are aligned. Did you guys just sit in silence and just like, all right, we'll wait this out before we announce it?
No, not at all. It took some time because we did have some very Serious and in-depth conversations, looking at every aspect of what this could look like and what does that mean on the day-to-day? How is that executed? Some hard questions were thrown my way. Some hard questions were thrown back at RJ. So it was a very long process just because we wanted to make sure it was right. But yeah, there was a lot of discussion around it. It wasn't just an automatic plug and play, but I'm very happy with the result that we came to.
Well, because I know the assumption for many here was, well, you have the relationship with RJ having worked with him so closely, winning a Calder Cup together, knowing the Sedins that it would just be an easy kind of fit in. But it kind of does show the process that you guys have worked well together. But when you get to a bigger stage and a bigger responsibility, bigger role, like there are a lot of things to discuss. And you guys felt like you really went through, you crossed every T and dotted every I, I would say.
Yeah, I think that when you look at it or you want to talk about it, I think for me, it's giving respect to the process. And obviously, there's a lot of great candidates out there that have different skill sets. And when you're going into a situation like this and a rebuild, you want to make sure that you make the right decision because it is such a big one. So for me, yes, obviously, it did take some time, but For me, it was the due diligence necessary to make sure that we, as you keep saying, aligned with what we thought we needed to do, where we could take this group, and how we were going to implement that on a daily basis.
What is something that was really encouraging to you as far as the alignment of things? When you looked at both parties there with RJ and with the twins, they looked, okay, we have a great foundation and a starting point to build everything off of.
Well, coming off of last year, obviously not the season that you want, but you look at it as now an opportunity to evolve. And for the guys that were here, obviously not a great feeling and not a position they wanted to be in. So automatically there is an urgency for them to want to get better. And with that as your foundation, you know, you can only go up from there.
How did Manny Malhotra feel about becoming the head coach of the Canucks?
So yeah, Knowing that the guys are motivated and they want to climb out of the basement, for lack of a better term. It's a great starting point for us and one that we definitely feel we can start to guide and pushing the right direction.
RJ mentioned that it wasn't the success you guys had together that when you won the Calder Cup that convinced him you would be the right guy for the job.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:11–4:09
2
How did Manny Malhotra feel about becoming the head coach of the Canucks?
4:09–8:34
3
What were the discussions like leading up to Manny's appointment?
8:34–13:21
4
How does Manny plan to implement his coaching philosophy?
13:21–26:27
5
What challenges did Manny face during the previous season?
26:27–27:13
6
How does Manny maintain composure during tough seasons?
27:13–30:50
Speakers
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