Jones & Keefe: Instant reaction as Marco Sturm is named head coach of the Boston Bruins

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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.

03:39And 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.

05:59617-779-7937.

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