Jones & Keefe: Was Marco Sturm the right hire for the Bruins?

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00:00So he's the new head coach of the Bruins. Thumbs up, thumbs down, Keith.

00:02I mean, right now, it's, I guess, if you have to, okay, don't bully me.

00:07Don't bully me. If you have to pick between the two, it just seems like...

00:12The game's thumbs up, thumbs down, Keith.

00:13I'm thumbs in the middle, like Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator, where he starts out in the middle.

00:17Yeah, but then we're at the point.

00:18No, he'd be down. They're the last team to pick a coach.

00:21And this was the guy who was, like, rumored for a while, but he's a former player of the team.

00:26And you're like, how extensive was this search?

00:29And also, I wonder how many guys really wanted this job.

00:31I know Don Sweeney's telling everybody in the world that'll listen, it's an original six team.

00:36Like, everybody wants to coach the Bruins.

00:37I'm not so sure about that, because whoever coaches the Bruins becomes a scapegoat for the Bruins.

00:42It's not the player's fault. It's not Don's fault. It's not Cam's fault.

00:45It's certainly not the Jacobs' fault. It's been the coach's fault the last five, six years when things go wrong.

00:50So I don't know how many guys are lined up for it. Hence, they were the last one to hire somebody.

00:54How is he only the 30th coach in franchise history? Doesn't it feel like there's way more?

00:58Just recently, there's been, like, add to that number.

01:01I mean, I guess what, the Bruins...

01:01They probably had long stretches early when they were good.

01:03Maybe that's actually a higher number than I give it credit for.

01:05They just had their... Stop, if you've heard this before.

01:07They just celebrated their centennial.

01:08This is the first time I'm hearing it.

01:09Their 100 years.

01:10Okay.

01:10So 30 coaches in 100 years.

01:13They last three years here in Boston-ish.

01:14Who are your 100 favorite Bruins?

01:15Ooh, good question.

01:17Well, you've got to start with Dick Clapper.

01:20I think you start with Dick Clapper.

01:22No, no, no.

01:22Dick.

01:23Oh, Dick.

01:23Yeah.

01:24Yeah, yeah, yeah.

01:25Sorry.

01:26Some people say that's a myth.

01:27Got it.

01:27Yeah, yeah, yeah.

01:28But...

01:29I think...

01:31Milkschmidt.

01:31Yeah, Milkschmidt.

01:32Milkschmidt.

01:33Milkschmidt.

01:33I think...

01:33Can we say this still?

01:34I think the whole Kraut line, I think, really is...

01:36Ooh.

01:36Yeah, is that...

01:37Dump that.

01:37Marco Sturm.

01:38Yeah, Sturm's on there.

01:39Sturm's on there.

01:39Yeah, probably like 98-ish.

01:40Yeah.

01:41Is this good, bad, or in between that three of the four head coaches in town were former

01:46players for the team?

01:47Bad.

01:48I think it's bad.

01:49It shows they have no...

01:51Either it tells you...

01:52Zero creativity.

01:52Either it tells you how little coaches do, and they're like, well, let's just hire somebody

01:55who played here for PR purposes, or it just shows you how unimaginative they are.

02:00This is why...

02:01Well, I mean, I think they're all like a little...

02:02Yeah, I think that might be true, the unimaginative.

02:05I think, case by case, Robert Kraft is just wanting to hang on to the Glory Days so badly

02:10that he went back-to-back former players.

02:12It's unimaginative, but it's also with him hanging on to the Glory Days.

02:15I don't really get what Sturm is.

02:17I don't really understand what Sturm is, either.

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