Posts About "Fred Shero"
Americans Shouldn't Worry About Team USA Omissions
January 2nd, 2014 "I don't need the best players. I need the best team." ~ Fred Shero Shortly after the commencement of the Winter Classic between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings, the names that would represent Team USA in the Sochi Olympics were blared over the PA system. Almost immediately, fans started bashing the decisions of...
Shero Gets Hall Call But Burns Family Left Waiting Again
July 10th, 2013 This should read like an open letter to the Hockey Hall Of Fame. I do apologize in advance if this comes off as a huge tangent like rant but there was good news today as Fred Shero was finally inducted posthumously while the family of Pat Burns still waits. Having talked to Pittsburgh Penguin GM Ray Shero at the draft, he talked...
Late Flyers Coach Fred Shero Finally a Hall-of-Famer
July 10th, 2013 "Win today and we walk together forever." If Fred Shero were still with us today, he probably would say that the walk truly never ended. In speaking to his Philadelphia Flyers prior to Game 6 of the 1974 Stanley Cup Finals against Boston, this was his message, scribbled in chalk in the Philadelphia locker room. One Rick Macleish...
Dan Bylsma: The First Round Pick
June 14th, 2013 Good coaches are a dime a dozen. Great coaches are worth cultivating.
Quotes of the Week: Legendary Coaches
August 20th, 2012 This week's quotes of the week are by and about the most idiosyncratic bunch in all of hockey, the coaches. You're only as good as your coach wants you to be. Bob Probert You give punishment and you take it. Fred Shero To win in hockey, you need the glamour boys to get down and dirty. Ken Hitchcock We're losing at...
Quotes of the Week: Sheroisms
July 30th, 2012 This week's Quotes of the Week looks at some of the many so-called Sheroisms--pithy quotes from former Philadelphia Flyers coach Fred Shero. Shero was famous--not only for his dark sunglasses or for his nickname, 'The Fog', but also for writing quotes on a chalkboard to inspire his team. Some, he took out of quotation collections, others...
