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Post by moosefan1994 on Jul 2, 2023 16:16:28 GMT -4
Ducharmes contract was up at the end of the 2015/2016 season and while it was 7 years ago as I remember he wasn’t sketchy about why he was leaving and joining Drummondville at all. He wasn’t under contract so he could do what he wanted to do and made it known well before the draft in fact. Favreau still had a year in his contract, hence the reason why he resigned in order to leave and claim it was for personal reasons why he was quitting on the Mooseheads. This is not the same exact situation.
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Post by rookieq on Jul 2, 2023 17:01:27 GMT -4
I understand. I thought Favreau contract was up for renewal this year. If you say that he had one more year until 2024, that is different? I thought that they were actually negotiating the past month or so? And my feeling was that it would not go well as I was not sure they thought he was the man for the next two years...so for me, the fact that he leaves is just normal when you do not get the love from leadership. Just a different perspective. I think that there is a ton of good coaches out there to replace him, so to me, completing the team to get a great team is more important than having Favreau or not.
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Post by Jacques Strap on Jul 2, 2023 17:43:12 GMT -4
So I am assuming Favreau knows the Mooseheads plans for the Import Draft? Not good. Is there a reason why the Mooseheads can't keep a coach for the long term?
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Post by coleminer on Jul 2, 2023 19:22:54 GMT -4
So I am assuming Favreau knows the Mooseheads plans for the Import Draft? Not good. Is there a reason why the Mooseheads can't keep a coach for the long term? Living here in expensive.
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Post by yesisaiditfirst on Jul 3, 2023 6:51:43 GMT -4
If Favreau contract was at its end makes a big difference. Its likely that Smith wasn't going to extend it once the sale was on the table which apparently under discussion about 10 months ago. All the mgmt and players would have been in limbo until the sale *which we didn't know about* was complete.
There is lots of time to dwell on the future as the time ticks down. Then 2,3,4 months after the new owners come in still no extension with team at a high point. If I were a coach I would lose trust in my employer.
And ultimately what was Favreau asking at that point? Season ended but it was a few weeks (a month) until he walked away. It is easy to think at that point you may as well ask for good term, money and some leeway. (On the flip side as a coach you don't want to be locked in either) In this situation you want some security beyond 2024-25 when this team is on the down course of a natural cycle. Favreau's value may be at his peak now for finding something else...which may already be in his mail.
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Post by gab on Jul 3, 2023 11:30:13 GMT -4
Maybe it has to be with the fact that the new owners didnt have a clean appearance, short hair, no face whiskers of the new ownership has adopted, and he is a person that is very clean and trim in his appearance.
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Post by sc74 on Jul 3, 2023 13:29:44 GMT -4
It looks like Favreau was really looking for a new team. JF Plante says he was in consideration for the job in Gatineau but Derick Brassard’s decision to sell his Olympiques’ share didn’t please Favreau.
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Post by Jacques Strap on Jul 3, 2023 14:57:12 GMT -4
If Favreau contract was at its end makes a big difference. Its likely that Smith wasn't going to extend it once the sale was on the table which apparently under discussion about 10 months ago. All the mgmt and players would have been in limbo until the sale *which we didn't know about* was complete. There is lots of time to dwell on the future as the time ticks down. Then 2,3,4 months after the new owners come in still no extension with team at a high point. If I were a coach I would lose trust in my employer. And ultimately what was Favreau asking at that point? Season ended but it was a few weeks (a month) until he walked away. It is easy to think at that point you may as well ask for good term, money and some leeway. (On the flip side as a coach you don't want to be locked in either) In this situation you want some security beyond 2024-25 when this team is on the down course of a natural cycle. Favreau's value may be at his peak now for finding something else...which may already be in his mail. So this is just big speculation on your part? You are making this sound like fact no offense.
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Post by yesisaiditfirst on Jul 3, 2023 15:30:31 GMT -4
If Favreau contract was at its end makes a big difference. Its likely that Smith wasn't going to extend it once the sale was on the table which apparently under discussion about 10 months ago. All the mgmt and players would have been in limbo until the sale *which we didn't know about* was complete. There is lots of time to dwell on the future as the time ticks down. Then 2,3,4 months after the new owners come in still no extension with team at a high point. If I were a coach I would lose trust in my employer. And ultimately what was Favreau asking at that point? Season ended but it was a few weeks (a month) until he walked away. It is easy to think at that point you may as well ask for good term, money and some leeway. (On the flip side as a coach you don't want to be locked in either) In this situation you want some security beyond 2024-25 when this team is on the down course of a natural cycle. Favreau's value may be at his peak now for finding something else...which may already be in his mail. So this is just big speculation on your part? You are making this sound like fact no offense. Started with an "If". Lot of things changed in last 10 months in Halifax. Could also be plausible he was offered an extension earlier and didn't sign. But today's news that he is the new Drummondville head coach seems like he was smart to not be tied into any contract. He picked his own horse to bet on.
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Post by sc74 on Jul 3, 2023 15:58:52 GMT -4
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Post by Jack Bauer on Jul 4, 2023 12:40:24 GMT -4
At some point the league will grow up and enforce contracts. You'd think, anyway. Until they do...everyones coach is up for poaching in the off-season.
This is a million dollar company and nobody knows what the coaches contract actually was. All we know is that he resigned and is now the coach of another team. Welcome to the Mickey Mouse Junior Hockey League.
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Post by mooseguy on Jul 4, 2023 17:14:05 GMT -4
Does anyone know what a head coach in the QMJHL makes? For anyone to move far away from home the motivation is usually opportunity, money, growth or prestige. If Favreau feels he can get the same things that brought him to Halifax in Drummondville I can't blame him. He said he came to Halifax for the opportunity and now he can have the same job closer to home in a relationship with a GM he can work under. Along the same lines are Q teams obligated to continuing paying a coach they fire?
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Post by statsman18 on Jul 5, 2023 16:19:05 GMT -4
I guess he also was given the assistant coach job for the Hlinka team. Is Cam still the GM to this team?
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Post by knuckles on Jul 5, 2023 17:18:31 GMT -4
Who cares about Favreau anyway. He’s an egotistical greaseball. He cites personal reasons and wanting to be closer to home for his departure yet passes up Gatineau where he’d be home with his kids!That’s a trash move.he’s selfish and knew the moose peaked and would flop next year which is why he got out when he could still bask in the glory. As for Drummondville, it’s close enough to home for him to look like a hero yet far enough away from duties and obligations can only imagine his family feels. Really tough picking him apart on a message board... if it's personal reasons so be it. No need to go further. Pretty wild accusations to make regarding his choice to go to Drummondville.
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Post by yesisaiditfirst on Jul 6, 2023 7:00:00 GMT -4
Most (good) jobs in coaching are not in your hometown. Most people in this sport do not live at home. And I don't really think any coach needs to justify their personal decisions. Its probably way more complex than for general consumption and maybe they are trying to not burn bridges as they make career move that is in their interest better for them.
This guy owes Halifax nothing and owes fans/forum posters especially nothing. 6 years is a long stop.
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