Michel Therrien Tells It Like It Is

[@mtfan]

Here on 1/10/2025 to pay my respects on the anniversary of the greatest coaching press conference of all time.

[@Hamilton-1981]

Thanks to Jesse Marshall, I’m here lol

[@deuceb8472]

This is an absolute classic. Coaching rants often have a couple of quotable moments and last maybe a minute or so...this is almost 4 minutes of solid gold from start to finish (of course aided by Therrien's accent). Epic

[@TaigaShaman]

“I’m so dissapoint” -MT

[@charlesc-r2926]

@@TaigaShaman ... very disappoint.

[@hellawaits77NY]

One of my favorite NHL coach rants. This was spot on, based on how they were playing.

[@nikkobets2353]

whenever I need a good laugh...I watch this. He is so upset...but handles it really well...so sarcastic. You feel his pain and frustration. And the accent...tabernac...I love it!

[@agua9999]

I wish he could’ve won a Stanley Cup

[@shooter21198]

It's always an honor to watch people come back to this video every year from various hockey media sources.

[@PENS68]

Will never forget this rant. I know Therrien's time ended by being let go in Pittsburgh, but he laid the foundation that got the Penguins their first Stanley Cup win. He got this team committed to playing defense and playing the right way. Dan Blysma kept some of those traits when he took over in February of '09, but took the handcuffs off and let the players be themselves. Unfortunately for Blysma he failed to adjust as teams caught onto the way he liked to play, but Therrien was very important to that cup win in '09.

[@agua9999]

Didn’t the penguins give him a championship ring?

[@dizzlefosho6374]

Watching this live was the greatest. Still the best post game interview ever!!!!

[@danbrillman5129]

I watch this every couple of months when I'm feeling sad. Always does the trick.

[@casey98]

"They are doing such a great job of being the worst defensive squad in the league" hahahahahahhahahahahah I watch this at least once a year

[@michaelferaco]

He’s an ass but entertaining that’s for sure

[@fcmhockeyvideos]

Dey soff

[@earlviney5212]

Sounds like 2023 pens

[@dominickangelo4319]

Sounds like 2024 Rangers.

[@stuartzoo]

"I'm so disappoint...abouts a lotsa guy...so disappoint."

[@davedowling6053]

Dey doan care. So soff. Best hockey coach rant ever. Love coach MT.

[@rumcoke9123]

LOL. The best rant ever. They so soffff. I come back to this clip every time I need a great laugh. Im so DISAPOINT about lots of guy.

[@wesleyblanton2432]

For those that didn't know, Whitt talked about this on Spitten Chiclets, said this was mostly about him!

[@aarongrice8003]

I never seen guys so SOFF

[@maxand.1462]

very disappoint

[@sean2015]

I'm not impress

[@MrRoss3291]

every pens fan should know this was the moment that jump started everything... 3 cups later thanks Michel

[@CantdoitWontdoit]

Lol what does SOFF mean?

[@iJxlly]

@@CantdoitWontdoit soft, his accent is causing him to mispronounce it.

[@jdaddycash8463]

Here because of chiclets

[@An_Drew_732]

Jeffrey grant you’re here because halfa da team doesn’t care

[@nabatron21]

Hahah same

[@drewmckinnon4522]

Jeffrey grant same😂

[@01gab01]

Link ? Which episode ? Thanks !!

[@isaacdeans4294]

Gabriel Morin i believe its the one with tim stapleton and jimmy hayes

[@thomaslabelle3093]

He help build the stanley cup team in Pittsburgh like no tomorrow, those are the kind of coaches that you need to teach you about hockey in the playoffs and being a beast out there never taking a break.

[@agua9999]

I just found this video. I didn’t know that therrien was fired •during• the playoffs in which the Penguins won a Stanley Cup. Does he get credit for the cup? …or did Dan Bylsma get all if the credit❓

[@jordanmolinaro6507]

Kills me everytime with the "pfts" still waiting for him to start saying tabarnac

[@kjnodwell]

The Habs need a rant just like this !!

[@francisg391]

And they still do

[@cmk921]

The Penguins need this speech tonight

[@benjaminperez7328]

YOU’RE GOD DAMN RIGHT. They need Michel back behind the bench! FIRE SULLIVAN AND FIRE TOMLIN.

[@mjdj3360]

1 second, 5 foot 8... best rant...turns into years of dominance even without him

[@kittroyer3624]

The five-eight comment killed me. Poor Max. He was the one guy who stood up to ... well to whoever the hell Therrien was trying to pronounce the name of

[@bicepusmaximus]

This is one of my favourite vids on KZbin

[@codfishbricker]

Best rant of all time. I got "not impress. Very disappoint" tattooed on my calf

[@benjaminperez7328]

The NHL version of Jim Mora’s Playoffs rant.

[@Badmoon_risin]

Anyone find the Whitney collision with Flowers yet?

[@ssfalk41]

I've been looking for months

[@USMC1137]

Snake Plissken it’s on the page now

[@Badmoon_risin]

@@USMC1137 just watched it haha

[@ssfalk41]

@@USMC1137 which page?

[@jeffgriffiths5945]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4XXZJikhcyZec0 kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4uQo4mnnpKaebc

[@bullettomy7thheart]

This is still legendary.

[@theKennyHalt]

I was at a friend's place a while back and one of friends was doing kitchen tattoos. I wanted one and obviously it had to be small. What did I think of & eventually get on my calf? "Not impress. Very disappoint"

[@mpuchar5003]

He's about five foot ate. Pfft.

[@MyName_Jeff]

Try to ge have a good ambience, you know, wid de team yestooday........................ Ppppt

[@Muffinarm_]

This is just about the best speech I've ever heard.

[@earlviney2820]

The oilers need this guy.

[@ddss97]

@@jon8004 He seemed at his last wits in this clip; honestly I could see why he’s so upset. All things considered he was peaceful and not disrespectful.

[@Northern_Farmer]

Isn't this right after they lost to the oilers

[@jasonarokiaraj9817]

He’s the one who built the Penguins into a Stanley Cup contender. Dan Bylsma just inherited it and got lucky.

[@PositronMcHappy]

Yup. We're not looking up Dan's losses, lack of cigs, etc. To mangle here; 2nd language, without his cigarettes, was awesome.

[@benjaminperez7328]

ABSOLUTE TRUTH.

[@Yonin21]

He did byslama was an awful coach with an actual coach penguins should have another like 1-2 cups

[@vinceslapchopper]

@@Yonin21 Therrien coached some terrible Habs teams in the 2010s and managed to bring them in the playoffs. All heart and character, a real old school og coach willing to do whatever it takes to squeeze every ounce of blood, sweat and tears from his players. Respect.

[@TheFlamingPike]

The Oilers and Leafs would really need a rant like this in 2021. The Pens were a similar team back then, a bunch of highly skilled young players who needed to be told how it was. Too bad Michel eventually was eventually chased out of Pittsburgh for this rant. One could say he could've won the cup that year instead of Dan Bylsma.

[@jasonarokiaraj9817]

That’s right. Never mind losing Hossa, but they lost Laracque, Ruutu, Malone and Roberts. The Fedotenko and Satan acquisitions were alright, though.

[@CanadianBongRipper]

'they make my job misrebale..... but hey what can I do.''

[@brandiepatterson2535]

Anyone here in 2024?

[@TaigaShaman]

“A lot of guys don’t care.” -MT

[@AJMcQuiston]

Me

[@Nicks1225]

No... pfft. Maybe Max Talbot?

[@pidge414]

Celebrating the 7 year anniversary!

[@mikebrown2638]

2025

[@lilmac4202]

Spittin Chichlets brought me here

[@frozenyeti253]

Still sums up this team in 2020

[@drewsansonetti2485]

They have won three cups since then.

[@michaelball4595]

And 2021

[@MyName_Jeff]

And not 2022

[@dejordyball]

"Tonight it looks like mens against boys."

[@jasonnacci4091]

And Coach Therien went on to take them within two games of the Cup. Good coach. Sorry Torts. THIS is my favourite coach rant of all time. To this day, my oldest friends and I describe defensemen who don't apply the lumber in front of the net as Soffft. "I'm so disappoint ... about lots of guy. Very disappoint." But he gave credit to Max Talbot, the only guy to stand up for Crosby. And, it was Talbot's fight vs Carcillo the next year in the playoffs that sort of won them the series vs Philly.

[@rumcoke9123]

I come back here a few times a year when I need a great laugh. Im so disappoint! LOL

[@104jones]

I'm so disappoint about a lots of guy. Very disappoint.

[@Jmelton34]

I wonder if this right before he took away the “omelette guy” 😂

[@brettfavreify]

When I hear this, I'm reminded any team is a reflection of the coaching.

[@saxonjohnson6075]

Just watched the Letterkenny episode where the run into Quebecois guys fishing and theyre making fun of them for making the spitting/farting sound when there mad haha didnt realize how accurate that was

[@Ch8pper]

" Dey soffff' "

[@y3ee3e]

soffffff like a morning dump when eating junk food the night before

[@julianplentii3136]

THEY SOFFTE !

[@theKennyHalt]

I saw somewhere that he'd only been coach for a month when he gave this press conference lol

[@PositronMcHappy]

wrong, but he needed a smoke. And, he did rock bad ENG & FR. Emotion, very disappoint. thank you Better speaker for the next coach; that won it all, boringly.

[@earlviney5212]

Wish Sullivan could be this honest

[@Shaneo206]

When they wee young this didn’t work but it probably be better now that their older

[@benjaminperez7328]

@@Shaneo206 Let’s find out! FIRE SULLIVAN.

[@benjaminperez7328]

If Sullivan were ever this honest, Geno would die from boo-boo-face. Tanger too.

[@divineintervention2630]

what a champ.

[@pandaexpress7326]

“They soff”

[@kylenelson9755]

“There’s not one guy who was close to do something, maybe Maxime Talbot.” Maxime Talbot had actually wished he hadn’t said that.

[@michaelball4595]

Yes! He got a lot of shit from his teammates, but it was true!.. The best trade for the Pens during that era was Chris Kunitz for Ryan Whitney. That one trade won the cup in '09

[@sean2015]

_"At the end, with 1 second leff. He's about 5 foot 8. Pfft!"_

[@tomace7924]

He felt shame by they way his team played.

[@Topshelf87]

This could be today.

[@benjaminperez7328]

Today. After that spectacular goal by Geno in Arizona……..

[@Topshelf87]

@@benjaminperez7328 I’m not even sure Malkin understood what he did. 😄. I feel bad for Crosby- who is having a great season- to miss the playoffs despite the talent around him. The bottom 6 should wear nameless jerseys.

[@benjaminperez7328]

@@Topshelf87 I don’t feel bad for Sid. He wanted to keep Geno. He got what he wanted. This is the result.

[@Topshelf87]

@@benjaminperez7328 after years of being pissed at his playing at 25% of his contract price and wanting him to be traded to free up $ for youth and speed, I thought Geno was actually TRYING this past month….my bad. Karlson has taken Geno’s role as turnover king every game.

[@timeghost5000]

me after the 7-1 Dallas loss “…maybe Anthony Beauvillier”

[@Eskimo50]

wit one seggun leff

[@PositronMcHappy]

my Habs are finally 5 more yrs/decades from ok. I miss this guy, but dangerous. lol funny after he's gone. He smoked more cigs than me. Made millions. Mangled 2 languages, like me; on the phone, with zero power to say it like Michel.

[@sturrrdy]

flyers bound

[@Jmat40]

Classic and unfortunately appropriate again.

[@caylebdesjardins8002]

Never seen guys so SOFF

[@redwings90]

The red wings could use a coach like this

[@tdhumphr]

Canucks fan here in January 2025 😢

[@LiterallyGod]

Geee whizz tell us how ya really feel

[@sean2015]

He's so disappoint, and not impress.

[@kovalevisgod]

Dey sofffff

[@UltraViolence90]

So damn funny, classic

[@BFMVrocks34]

This needs to be Sully now

[@TytoMobile]

Applies to the Canadiens tonight, oh yes it does (01/29/2022) (01/20/2024)

[@DS-qg9ck]

They do care..about their overinflated contracts

[@craeonworkshop]

what game was it? how bad did they lose? ...

[@shooter21198]

a 3-1 loss to Edmonton in Jan 2006. Shawn Horcoff had a hat trick. The Penguins would lose every game until Jan 25th.

[@craeonworkshop]

shooter21198 thank you

[@jeffgriffiths5945]

and what did Kovalchoo" do??

[@davidmoslen3054]

He scored on the p.p. while Crosby was in the box..then turned and pointed at him after the goal...

[@TheTrainMan570]

History repeating....

[@PHuckinCHAMPS26]

Is this why they fired him not long after?

[@bryandjen107]

He wasn't let go for another 3 years.

[@PHuckinCHAMPS26]

@@bryandjen107that’s not fair - he helped build the team.

[@tommygoulet2854]

Eille !!!! Haha

[@garyshow2005]

Rings even truer for the Penguins today than it did in 2006 (after an uglier-than-sin loss to Edmonton, the 4th in a row, and the team well out of the playoff picture and dropping fast). Telling it like it is. It's like Chuck Noll in 1969 -- {paraphrasing} Most of you aren't good enough, and I'm gonna get rid of you. The roster is the roster (they need to get rid of Hextall and bring in a real GM).

[@Eskimo50]

da worse dafensive squad in da league

[@MB-wo8ie]

Who was on defense that year?

[@shooter21198]

Josef Melichar, Sergei Gonchar, Rob Scuderi, Ryan Whitney, Ric Jackman and the Penguins lead scorer in the 03-04 season Dick Tarnstrom!

[@MB-wo8ie]

@@shooter21198 ouch

[@CanadianBongRipper]

classic

[@engg84]

I love this rant because he's not putting on an act to motivate his team or distract the media. It sounds like he genuinely dislikes the team and wants to humiliate them. 🤣🤣

[@PENS68]

He had every right to be upset here. I remember this, The Penguins lost a game like 3-1 to the Edmonton Oilers and the whole team played awful and the defenseman kept getting knocked off the puck, turning it over, etc...

[@PositronMcHappy]

Word is, his wife was more of a Queen than him. So, though he was smart & ruthless in 1ish languages. She'd post if he didn't do 2min vs her or KovaChu, nowadays. Wow, eh, recipe, so, give & take. I'm so disappoint. thank you, salut la visite! lol 1 of the last epic rants.

[@thedon_sunny9511]

A lots of guy

[@anthonyp9562]

Diabolik Dooby420 dey soff like I never see

[@eddietheguy12]

I'm so disappoint

[@danasche406]

Bylsma won with Therrien’s players.

[@christiangosselin2468]

Therrien was in the Stanley Cup Final the year before...give him credit. He came in with the team behind the worst team in the league and made it to SC final within 2 years.

[@danasche406]

@@christiangosselin2468 it honestly wasn’t a criticism of Therrien. It was a take on the common trope Steelers fans throw out about Tomlin winning with Cowher’s players, so from that perspective it was glowing praise for Therrien.

[@benjaminperez7328]

FACTS. Bylsma pulled a Tomlin…….. ….wait,……the other way around!

[@MrRoss3291]

out of all this Y is when he talking about Kovalchuk in my mind i see the exact thing hes talking about

[@MrRoss3291]

he puts crosby in the box then proceeds to score on the PP then points at crosby in the box saying thanks

[@jasonogorek8804]

dey soff

[@julp8728]

NOT IMPRESSED just like GSP

[@domaug]

Maxem Telbaut

[@myothercarisadelorean8957]

He looks and sounds more like the guy working at a liquor store.

[@flyjarrett]

Very disappoint.

[@judgeees]

Dad?

[@daveyboy_]

Then they fired him and won the cup

[@greg6898]

Leather so sofff

[@PabloSanchez-hj5fb]

Chiclets lol

[@TheTrainMan570]

And again......

[@cmk921]

Not impress. Pffftt

[@jeffreygalket5883]

So soff.

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

😅❤👍🏒

[@threethrushes]

Patetic performance.

[@jadenmcrae]

leafs every playoffs

[@PositronMcHappy]

dey don't care, that I am smart, but I can't have a smoke near all this KoVaChu

[@smokeybobandis4617]

7-1 blues baby

[@boogyjuggy]

lolllllllllllllll, fool

[@YSOSERIOUS596]

Lest us not forget. He got fired and Pens won the Cup that year. Jus say'IN

[@mpuchar5003]

This was the 05-06 season, about a month after Lemieux's last game. Therrien wasn't fired until 2009

[@kane7656]

They made the final the year before with him. "Jus say'IN". Bylsma was at the right place at the right time but it was still Therrien's team.

[@agi2160]

Kovachoo 😂