Lombardi statement
Dean Lombardi's statement: ``We are aware of some media reports as it relates to Terry Murray and our head coaching vacancy. At this time, no agreement is in place with him. However, we have met with Terry on more than one occasion and we consider him to be a strong candidate for this position. We will have no further comment at this time.''
Translation: We'll be preparing the room for the press conference shortly.
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Rich Hammond has covered the Kings, on a full-time or part-time basis, since the 2000-01 season. He was the beat writer for the entire John Torchetti era and has witnessed Bob Miller singing country music in a Nashville honky-tonk bar. A native of Los Angeles, Rich has worked at the Daily News since 1999 and also serves as the paper's deputy sports editor. E-mail Rich at rich.hammond@dailynews.com.
Jill Painter joined the Daily News in 2000 and during the last eight years she's covered the Dodgers, Cal State Northridge, UCLA, Kings, golf and everything in between. Even though she's from Colorado, she still freezes in the Staples Center press box but always manages to thaw her fingers in time to make deadline. E-mail Jill at jill.painter@dailynews.com.
Nice Translation!
classic. Rich you da man!
Man this GM has a thing for San Jose and Philadelphia RESIDUE.
Put down the pipe and take off those blinders man. There's more to building your team than those two organizations.
Other than that, I like him.
He seems accomplished and comes with a descent resume.
A bit about Terry Murray, taken from wikipedia.org, in case anyone's curious.
Coaching career
Murray served as an assistant coach of the Capitals, then later as head coach of their AHL affiliate, the
Baltimore Skipjacks. He was promoted to the Capitals head coach position in the middle of the 1989–90 NHL season, replacing his brother
Bryan Murray. Under Murray's guidance the Capitals advanced further into the NHL Playoffs than ever before, before being swept by Boston in the conference
finals. Murray coached the Capitals until the middle of the 1993–94 NHL season when he was replaced by Jim Schoenfeld.
After a brief coaching stint as head coach of the Cincinnati Cyclones in the IHL, Murray became head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers. In 1996–97 he guided
the Flyers to the Stanley Cup finals, only to lose to the Detroit Red Wings. Despite this accomplishment, Murray was fired after the end of the playoffs.
After a season as General Manager of the Florida Panthers, Murray assumed the head coach position of that team when Doug MacLean was fired in the middle
of the 1998–99 season. In 1999–2000 he led the Panthers into the first round of the playoffs. He was replaced by Duane Sutter at the Panther helm in the
fall of 2000.
Murray served as a pro scout for the Philadelphia Flyers over parts of three seasons (2000–01 to 2002–03), and joined the coaching staff as Assistant Coach
in 2004.
Your thoughts, Rich?