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OHL's Sudbury Wolves to make David Matsos coach — report
Reading between the lines, the Sudbury Wolves seem cognizant that David Matsos is unseasoned as a head coach yet are going ahead with him behind the bench regardless.
The Wolves, coming off a dead-last finish that enabled them to nab David Levin (who might or might not have been the best player available in the priority selection pool) first overall, appear poised to take the intermim label off Matsos, the 41-year-old who finished out the season after Paul Fixter was fired early in the new year. Sudbury owner Mark Burgess is also musing about a new general manager and/or associate coach.
From Ben Leeson (@ben_leeson)
Wolves owner Mark Burgess said he expects Matsos will lose the interim tag he has worn since January, when Paul Fixter was fired by the local OHL outfit.
Burgess said the team will also look to hire an experienced assistant or associate coach to help Matsos behind the bench.
Meanwhile, Burgess isn't ruling out changes to other parts of the organization, including management and scouts, after his team finished a league-low 12-54-1-1 this season.
"It has been a busy summer so far," Burgess said. "We're still looking at ways to improve this organization. I expect David Matsos to be named head coach, but we're looking at all parts of the organization, from training staff to scouting staff to coaching staff to managerial staff. As I have said, we're going to fix this thing." (The Sudbury Star)
It beggars suspension of disbelief to not read between the lines and conclude that Burgess and the Wolves might have had trouble attracting good candidates. The Connor Burgess saga is still an all-too-convenient reference point. Issues with Sudbury Community Arena certainly play into the Wolves' ability to create a winning environment, something their northern Ontario counterparts in North Bay and Sault Ste. Marie haven't had any issue fostering over the past two seasons.
Continuity, in and of itself, isn't a bad thing, and Matsos has had a half-season to figure out the potential for a young group that included four 1998-birthdate players. He's going to have an uphill battle, though.
Neate Sager is a writer for Yahoo! Canada Sports. Follow him on Twitter @neatebuzzthenet.
