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The Full 60 with Craig Custance

Barry Trotz on Self-Evaluation, Accountability, and Systems vs. Philosophy

The Full 60 with Craig Custance

The Athletic

News, Hockey, Sports News, Sports

4.8595 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Islanders head coach Barry Trotz chats about how he's using the time off during the pause and preparation for the possibility of a summer playoff. Plus, the difference between systems and coaching philosophy, the nuances of coaching players like Mathew Barzal and Alex Ovechkin, teaming up with Lou Lamiorello to implement a culture of accountability with the Isles, how player-coach relationships have changed since he first started coaching at age 22, and how his own playing career turned into his first coaching job after meeting Jack Button.Email Craig to share your story for The Full 60 email: craig@theathletic.comSupport The Full 60 by subscribing to The Athletic! Get 40% off an annual subscription at theathletic.com/full60. Or try a free 90-day trial at theathletic.com/free90days Follow Craig on Twitter: @CraigCustance

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1:08.7

Welcome to the full 60 featuring Craig Custins and presented by The Athletic.

1:17.0

Each week we'll dive into the biggest stories in hockey while bringing in unique voices to entertain and explain all aspects of the game.

1:26.0

Hey, this is Craig and welcome to this week's episode of the full 60.

1:29.7

This week's guest is New York Islanders head coach Barry Trots.

1:34.3

We've been trying to get on this podcast for a while because we knew Barry would be perfect.

1:39.8

Barry talks very eloquently about a lot of the things we we discuss in this podcast from culture,

1:46.1

how to get better, how to improve. He's a great storyteller. We covered all that ground.

1:52.4

And starting right away with what he's doing right now to get better. I mean, he's using

1:57.0

this time wisely, as you might expect. And some of it he gets into, you know, he's listening to podcasts and that sort of thing. And some of it is reviewing where his team is at. You know, he mentioned he actually liked where the team was headed. There's a lot of strategy that goes into using this time right now. Some of which Arthur Staple got into in a really good story. If you missed that on The Athletic, go check out Arthur's story about Barry and what he's been doing. But it was a great conversation. We got into

2:22.6

his influences, how we got his start in coaching at 22 years old. Just a great talk. And then

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