Get Hired, Win, Get Fired. Gerard Gallant’s Bizarre Coaching Journey
The Lead
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🗓️ 10 June 2022
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
New York Rangers head coach Gerard Gallant has made a habit of achieving near immediate success -- and then promptly getting fired. This season, Gallant has once again worked some hockey coaching magic, steering the Rangers to the Eastern Conference Finals in his first year at the helm (they currently trail the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 in the series). Today, The Athletic’s Michael Russo joins us to discuss why Gallant’s coaching career has followed a rather bumpy and confusing path, the secret to his coaching success, and what this year’s playoff run could mean for his reputation and his future.
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| 0:42.0 | Back in 2016, Gerard Galaunt led the Florida Panthers to the best season in the history of the franchise. |
| 0:48.0 | But just a few months later, he was suddenly fired. |
| 0:51.0 | I'm trying to philosophically justify how Florida could have dismissed Gerard Galaunt 22 games after he took this team to a 103 point season. |
| 0:59.0 | Photos emerged of Galaunt on the sidewalk with his luggage and getting into a cab after a game, making it look like he had been unceremoniously dumped. |
| 1:08.0 | Dumped at the curb. Here is a guy that got 103 points last year and this is how he gets fired. I have never seen anything like this. |
| 1:17.0 | This is the worst firing in the history of the world. |
| 1:19.0 | Fast forward a few years and Galaunt leads the expansion Vegas Golden Knights to the Stanley Cup finals in their first year of existence, an incredible feat that earns him coach of the year honors. |
| 1:30.0 | And the Jack Adams word goes to Gerard Galaunt. |
| 1:36.0 | But a year and a half after that, he gets fired again. |
| 1:40.0 | An absolute bombshell of an announcement from the Golden Knights this morning. |
| 1:44.0 | Head coach Gerard Galaunt has been fired. |
| 1:47.0 | So when I heard the news, it was really disappointing because like I said, I had two and a half years. That was every day was great. |
| 1:53.0 | We had a great team. It was a lot of fun. I enjoyed what I was doing. I enjoyed the organizations. |
| 1:58.0 | And now Gerard Galaunt is working his coaching magic once again, taking the New York Rangers to the Eastern Conference finals in his first year in charge. |
| 2:07.0 | I love the way I got to compete in battle and I set up my 100 times this year. We're not perfect, but we find ways to win. |
| 2:14.0 | Today, the Athletics Michael Ruto explains why Galaunt's coaching career has followed such a bumpy path, the secret to his coaching success. |
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