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Jones & Keefe: Instant reaction as Marco Sturm is named head coach of the Boston Bruins
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6/5/2025
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00:00
The Bruins do have a new head coach.
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It's Marco Sturm.
00:04
Didn't win for the Bruins.
00:05
No.
00:06
Played for the Bruins.
00:06
On the squad, though.
00:07
Part of the Joe Thornton trade, part of the return.
00:09
Yep.
00:10
Which did usher in a new era in Boston.
00:12
I know the Razor didn't like to hear that when I told him that.
00:14
They won a few short years later, but he also missed that team.
00:17
He's like the Logan Mankins there.
00:18
Yeah, it's true.
00:19
He was gone, I think, the year or two years before they won the Cup.
00:22
He didn't win in 2011, correct.
00:23
He was there.
00:24
He got the game-winner in the Winter Classic.
00:26
Yeah, I heard somebody talk to him.
00:27
I told you I did the walk-off interview.
00:30
At the Winter Classic with Marco Sturm.
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So he'd remember you?
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No.
00:33
No, no, no, no, no.
00:34
Hey, Marco, remember at the Fenway Winter Classic?
00:36
Marco, remember the game-winner at the Winter Classic?
00:38
He's like, yeah.
00:38
Actually, he might.
00:39
He's like, I remember everything about it.
00:40
Remember the interview you did walking off the ice?
00:42
He's like, I have no recollection of that.
00:43
That was electric.
00:44
No, some pipsqueak interviewing you.
00:46
So he's the new head coach of the Bruins.
00:48
Thumbs up, thumbs down, Keith.
00:49
I mean, right now, it's, I guess.
00:51
Down.
00:52
If you have to.
00:52
Okay.
00:53
Don't bully me.
00:54
Don't bully me.
00:55
If you have to pick between the two, it just seems like.
00:58
It's thumbs, the game's thumbs up, thumbs down, Keith.
01:00
I'm thumbs in the middle, like Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator, where he starts out in the middle.
01:04
Yeah, but then where are the points?
01:05
No, he'd be down.
01:06
They're the last team to pick a coach.
01:08
And this was the guy who was, like, rumored for a while, but he's a former player of the
01:12
team, and you're like, all right, how extensive was this search?
01:15
And also, I wonder how many guys really wanted this job.
01:18
I know Don Sweeney's telling everybody in the world that'll listen, it's an original six team.
01:22
Like, everybody wants to coach the Bruins.
01:24
Right.
01:24
I'm not so sure about that, because whoever coaches the Bruins becomes a scapegoat for
01:28
the Bruins.
01:29
It's not the player's fault.
01:30
It's not Don's fault.
01:31
It's not Cam's fault.
01:32
It's really not the Jacob's fault.
01:33
It's been the coach's fault the last five, six years when things go wrong.
01:37
So I don't know how many guys are lined up for it.
01:38
Hence, they were the last one to hire somebody.
01:41
How is he only the 30th coach in franchise history?
01:43
Doesn't it feel like there's way more?
01:45
Just recently, there's been, like, added to that number.
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I mean, I guess what, the Bruins...
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They probably had long stretches early when they were good.
01:50
Maybe that's actually a higher number than I give a credit for.
01:52
They just celebrated their centennial.
01:55
This is the first time I'm hearing it.
01:56
Their 100 years.
01:57
Okay.
01:57
So 30 coaches in 100 years.
01:59
They last three years here in Boston-ish.
02:01
Who are your 100 favorite Bruins?
02:02
Ooh, good question.
02:03
Well, you've got to start with Dick Clapper.
02:06
I think you start with Dick Clapper.
02:08
No, no, no.
02:09
Dick.
02:09
Oh, Dick.
02:10
Yeah.
02:11
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Sorry.
02:12
Some people say that's a myth.
02:14
Got it.
02:14
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
02:17
Milch Schmidt.
02:18
Yo, Milch Schmidt.
02:19
Milch Schmidt.
02:19
I think, can we say this still?
02:20
I think the whole Kraut line, I think, really is...
02:22
Ooh.
02:23
Yeah, is that.
02:23
Dump that.
02:24
Marco Sturm.
02:24
Yeah, Sturm's on there.
02:25
Sturm's on there.
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Probably like 98-ish, yeah.
02:27
Is this good, bad, or in between that three of the four head coaches in town were former
02:32
players for the team?
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Bad.
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I think it's bad.
02:35
It's bad.
02:36
It shows they have no...
02:38
Either it tells you...
02:38
Zero creativity.
02:39
Either it tells you how little coaches do, and they're like, well, let's just hire somebody
02:42
who played here for PR purposes, or it just shows you how unimaginative they are.
02:47
This is why...
02:47
Well, I mean, I think they're all like a little...
02:49
Yeah, I think that might be true, the unimaginative.
02:51
I think case by case, Robert Kraft is just wanting to hang on to the glory days so badly
02:56
that he went back to back former players.
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It's unimaginative, but it's also with him hanging on to the glory days.
03:02
I don't really get what Sturm is.
03:03
I don't really understand what Sturm is either.
03:06
Hopefully he can relate to the coach-up young players.
03:10
He was in the AHL, right?
03:11
The last three years?
03:12
Yeah, he was in the AHL, where he went, and I'm relying on Gemini for these numbers.
03:17
How'd they do...
03:18
Gemini?
03:18
1-19, 80, 11, and 6 in the AHL.
03:22
Okay.
03:23
So that's...
03:23
Let me do the math.
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1-19, and 97.
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He did make the playoffs in all three of his years.
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He went 5-7.
03:30
Hell yeah.
03:30
In the...
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No Calder Cups for him.
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But he made the playoffs every year.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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The AHL players.
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He's like Jim Montgomery.
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He's like Bruce Cassidy.
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He's Bruins-esque.
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He'll get you there.
03:38
He'll get you there.
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And he'll get out, and then three years later, he'll be looking for a new job.
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Yeah.
03:42
So that's Marco Sturm.
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There are a couple of statements.
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You want these?
03:45
Of course I do.
03:46
I love statements.
03:47
Bruins, great.
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Marco Sturm.
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No, it didn't.
03:49
Is that the statement?
03:50
No, I'm...
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I'm telling you who it is.
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I thought that's what it started.
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Bruins, great.
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Marco Sturm.
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Quote, I'm incredibly honored to be named head coach of the Boston Bruins.
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I want to thank Charlie Jacobs and the Jacobs family, Cam Neely, Don Sweeney, for trusting
04:03
me with this opportunity.
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Boston has always held a special place in my heart.
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Look it up real quick.
04:06
How many teams has he played for?
04:07
He played for several teams.
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A lot.
04:10
Seven!
04:10
No, he played for the Sharks.
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Bruins, Kings, Capitals, Canucks, Panthers, as well as a few other teams in other countries.
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It's one of the top, like, ten teams he played for in his career.
04:20
Yeah.
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If it wasn't here, or San Jose, or LA, or Washington, or Vancouver, or Florida, or overseas.
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Any other teams in Germany.
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Or all...
04:27
Yes, right.
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And I know how much this team means to me, sorry, to the city and to our fans.
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I felt that passion as a player.
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I can't wait to be behind the bench.
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And I feel it again.
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I'm excited to get to work and do everything I can to help this team succeed.
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All right.
04:42
Another Bruins great.
04:42
Don Sweeney said.
04:43
Yep.
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We're proud to name Marco as the 30th head coach and welcome his family.
04:47
Throughout this process, our goal was to identify a coach who could uphold our strong defensive
04:51
foundation.
04:53
That was the goal?
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Let's get pucks on net, guys.
04:58
Come on.
04:58
Were they strong defensively last year?
05:00
No.
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And help us evolve offensively.
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Yes.
05:03
Now we're talking.
05:03
We were also looking for a communicator and leader, someone who connects with players,
05:07
develops young talent, and earns the respect of the room.
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All right.
05:10
Marco impressed every step with his preparation, clarity, and passion.
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His path to the NHL from Europe, blah, blah, blah.
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As a former Bruin, blah, blah, blah.
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He's going to bring competitive, hard-nosed brand of hockey to reflect exactly what the
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Bruins' next step should be.
05:26
Okay.
05:26
So there you go.
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New HC.
05:28
Kind of a poorly kept secret, right?
05:30
Somebody had it, like, weeks ago.
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They were like, yeah, it feels like it's Marco Sturm.
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Yeah.
05:34
I was reading McLaughlin today.
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Who was the guy from Elite Prospects had this, like, a week ago?
05:38
Yeah.
05:38
I think so.
05:38
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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So a poorly kept secret, but he's the new head coach of the Boston Bruins.
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Congratulations to Marco.
05:42
The last team to dumpster dive and hire a head coach.
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Congrats to the Boston Bruins.
05:48
I was rooting for Mitch Love, just so we could call him.
05:50
You wanted Mitch Love?
05:50
We could call him Mitch Lovin.
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That's what I was rooting for, just to get that going.
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But unfortunately, they go with Marco Sturm.
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Thumbs up, thumbs down, Bruins fans.
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Thumbs in the middle, also an option.
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