Results tagged “Terry Murray” from Inside the Kings

OK, here's the final part of the Terry Murray interview. In this last part, Murray talks about his evolution as a coach and how he might have changed over the years.

Hope everyone found the interview worthwhile... I'm sure there will be another long-form interview with Dean Lombardi before the start of training camp, and once players start arriving there will be some Q&As with them as well.

Here's the last part of the Murray interview...

Terry Murray talks here about his new coaches, assistants Mark Hardy, Jamie Kompon and Nelson Emerson and goaltending coach Bill Ranford, why he picked them and how they might work together...

I thought it might be interesting to ask Terry Murray what attributes he considered most important in his players. You probably won't consider his answer to be anything surprising or groundbreaking, but it does give some insight into what type of player might thrive in the new Murray system...

Who made Terry Murray the coach that he is today? In this part of the interview, Murray talks about his coaching mentors, the men who helped shape him and influence his coaching philosophies today. The list includes a former NHL head coach, a former NHL assistant coach and a family member...

Here, Terry Murray talks about the balance between pushing his young players to win without breaking their spirits. He outlines how he intends to deal with young players on a day-to-day basis and how he thinks he can best help them improve...

Picking up from yesterday, here on Terry Murray's thoughts on goaltending, particularly on whether he thinks it's important to establish a No. 1 goalie in training camp and how he feels, in general, about playing young goalies...

I figured this question/answer was worth its own post because it might generate some discussion. This is where Terry Murray talks about how he would like to see the team play, and I think a good percentage of you will like the answer.

I've only transcribed about 30 of the 50 minutes, so there's plenty more to come, resuming in the morning. Here's the last part for tonight...

Toughness seemed to be an area of great concerned in terms of the Kings, and Terry Murray talks about it here, in terms of his emphasis on having a well-conditioned team and the importance of having a team that doesn't allow itself to get pushed around. Here's what Murray had to say...

Terry Murray talks here about the number of young players expected to be a part of the Kings' plans this season, specifically how he intends to evaluate them in training camp and the balance between holding them accountable but not being too tough on them...

Here, Terry Murray talks primarily about leadership, how he believes he can turn around the losing culture of the Kings, how he thinks he can help players develop and, perhaps most importantly, how he will go about selecting the team's captain and assistant captains...

In this part of the interview, Terry Murray talks about why he chose to pursue the Kings coaching job, one that Dean Lombardi has called the toughest in the league. Murray also talks about what his new players should expect from him when training camp begins next month...

OK, here's the first part of today's interview with Terry Murray, who was gracious with his time and sat down with me for well over an hour. I tried to incorporate as many reader questions/topics as possible, but understand that the questions that were very player-specific will be better answered after the first week of training camp or so.

We'll start off general here, with Murray talking about what his first month as Kings coach has been like...