Lindstr|m the new head coach of Finland
Jarkko Ketolainen
contract with the finnish ice hockey federation. This was announced
officially around midday here in Finland.
Swedish comments on Lindstrom wanted!!!
Jarkko #14
Marek Repinski
You get a very good coach, my favorit in fact (except Dan Hober).
But a wounder how this will work out...I heard you Finns got
quite aggressive view on Swedes.
|> Jarkko #14
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/Marek
Jarkko Ketolainen
>You get a very good coach, my favorit in fact (except Dan Hober).
>But a wounder how this will work out...I heard you Finns got
>quite aggressive view on Swedes.
In ice hockey, yes.
Choosing of Lindstrom have raised quite a lot of critisism.
Some hockey coaches have considered it as a "hit to the face".
The main problem will be his lack of knowledge of finnish hockey
and players, and maybe the language may become a problem too.
Lindstrom said that he wants to teach finns to win.
Jarkko #14
>--
>/Marek
Lauri Tarkkonen
>|> Jarkko #14
You exaggerate, we hope all the best for the Swedish hockey teamn, the
best thing we can dream about is to be able to give the swedes the silver
medals in the World cup finals after we have beaten them..... :-).
Of course there are some Finns who cannot forget that Finland was once a
colony of Sweden and the Swedes did not bother to fight the Russians to
keep it that way. Of course there was a good number of Swedish volunteers
fighting for Finland, while the British and the US were helping Soviet union
to beat us in the Winter war (a prelude to the WW II). You see we love the
Swedes as one loves a bit arrogant big brother, nothing makes us happier
than to be able to beat them in some friendly sport, but if we can not
make the World class in some sports, we hare cheering Bj|rn Borg (tennis),
Ingemar Stenmark (slalom) or if the Swedes play the Russians, most of the
Finns cheer for the Swedes.
The problem Curt Lindstr|m has to face is, that the Finnish coaches feel
that the Finnish Ice Hockey Federation has not been fair to them, in
appointing a foreign coach, but I hope that there will be cooperation for
the best of the Finnish hockey.
- Lauri Tarkkonen
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>/Marek
Marek Repinski
|>
|> >You get a very good coach, my favorit in fact (except Dan Hober).
|> >But a wounder how this will work out...I heard you Finns got
|> >quite aggressive view on Swedes.
|>
|> In ice hockey, yes.
Say: any sport.
|> Choosing of Lindstrom have raised quite a lot of critisism.
|> Some hockey coaches have considered it as a "hit to the face".
I can believe that. The coaches in Sweden would raise hell and fire
if there were to be a non-Swede as head coach in the national team.
|> The main problem will be his lack of knowledge of finnish hockey
|> and players, and maybe the language may become a problem too.
This could be positiv too. Old domestic coaches tend to remember
deeds of pro's and old players, letting some players subscribe
on places in the national team. "Curre" have to learn Finnish
hockey from scratch and will certinly come with some new ideas and
players.
This looks like someone in Finland to a great chance. This could
be a bird or a fish (as we say in Sweden).
|> Lindstrom said that he wants to teach finns to win.
Curre likes to take a psychological look on things :)
|> Jarkko #14
|>
|>
|>
/Marek
Marcus Lindroos INF
> In <1993May24.0...@ericsson.se> etx...@eos.ericsson.se (Marek Repinski) writes:
>
> >In article <ketolain....@messi.uku.fi>, keto...@messi.uku.fi (Jarkko Ketolainen) writes:
> >|> Swedish former national team head coach Curt Lindstrom has signed one year
> >|> contract with the finnish ice hockey federation. This was announced
> >|> officially around midday here in Finland.
> >|>
> >|> Swedish comments on Lindstrom wanted!!!
>
> >You get a very good coach, my favorit in fact (except Dan Hober).
> >But a wounder how this will work out...I heard you Finns got
> >quite aggressive view on Swedes.
>
> Of course there are some Finns who cannot forget that Finland was once a
> colony of Sweden and the Swedes did not bother to fight the Russians to
> keep it that way. Of course there was a good number of Swedish volunteers
> fighting for Finland, while the British and the US were helping Soviet union
> to beat us in the Winter war (a prelude to the WW II). You see we love the
You're correct about Sweden's traditional lack of interest in Finland, we've
always been some kind of "expendable" outpost nobody wants to live in . . .
But the "colony" stuff is a misconception, Sweden/Finland was a democratic
union in that the local rulers in Finland usually were born in Finland and
had the same status as their Swedish counterparts, the army was Finnish and
under Finnish command, all local taxes were for Finnish purposes etc. etc.. But
you're right about the language: the use of Finnish was pretty much discouraged
in the Swedish era, partly because of "practical considerations" but also for
security reasons.
> Swedes as one loves a bit arrogant big brother, nothing makes us happier
> than to be able to beat them in some friendly sport, but if we can not
> make the World class in some sports, we hare cheering Bj|rn Borg (tennis),
> Ingemar Stenmark (slalom) or if the Swedes play the Russians, most of the
> Finns cheer for the Swedes.
Well, I'm a Swedish-speaking Finn myself and REALLY have a tough time ANYTIME
anyone from Sweden happens to win something in any sport:-) I guess it's mainly
about jealousy(sp) and not wanting your neighbors to succeed. Actually, I did
root for Denmark when they won the European soccer championships a year ago but
can't stand Norwegian athletes (cross country skiing) or Swedes (just about any
sport). I suppose Nords fans would rather see the Montreal Canadiens lose to
the Isles/Kings/Leafs as well:-)
> The problem Curt Lindstr|m has to face is, that the Finnish coaches feel
> that the Finnish Ice Hockey Federation has not been fair to them, in
> appointing a foreign coach, but I hope that there will be cooperation for
> the best of the Finnish hockey.
I think Lindstrom has a chance to succeed, Leif Boork was a huge hit in 1986(?)
when SaiPa of the Finnish League signed him in a desperate effort to avoid
being relegated to the 2nd division. He did wonders for them, they were dead
last in the standings but improved a lot with Boork at the wheel (not enough
to avoid relegation, however). But he had better learn the language, educated
Finns almost always speak passable (or at least understand-) English and
Swedish but who said "hockey" and "education" have anything to do with each
other anyway:-)
> - Lauri Tarkkonen
>
MARCU$
>
> >--
>
>
> >/Marek
>
Marek Repinski
|> In <1993May24.0...@ericsson.se> etx...@eos.ericsson.se (Marek Repinski) writes:
|> You exaggerate, we hope all the best for the Swedish hockey teamn, the
|> best thing we can dream about is to be able to give the swedes the silver
|> medals in the World cup finals after we have beaten them..... :-).
Maybe I exaggerate. I got a feeling that people in the north of Finland have
a brotherly relation with people in North of Sweden, but in Helsinki it's not
always so...
|> The problem Curt Lindstr|m has to face is, that the Finnish coaches feel
|> that the Finnish Ice Hockey Federation has not been fair to them, in
|> appointing a foreign coach, but I hope that there will be cooperation for
|> the best of the Finnish hockey.
I think that the Curres biggest problem will be to get the players respect.
And survive the lynching in the press if the Finns don't get a medal in
Lillehammar next year.
Let's hope it all goes well and that this will bring Swedish and Finnish
hockey closer together.
Pasi Fr{nti
>Curre likes to take a psychological look on things :)
Good! That's defenitely the thing what team Finland would need!!
Marek Repinski
|> I think Lindstrom has a chance to succeed, Leif Boork was a huge hit in 1986(?)
|> when SaiPa of the Finnish League signed him in a desperate effort to avoid
|> being relegated to the 2nd division. He did wonders for them, they were dead
|> last in the standings but improved a lot with Boork at the wheel (not enough
|> to avoid relegation, however). But he had better learn the language, educated
|> Finns almost always speak passable (or at least understand-) English and
|> Swedish but who said "hockey" and "education" have anything to do with each
|> other anyway:-)
>
|>
|>
Not that I think it matters but just for the record:
Leif Boork has Finnish ancestors :)
/Marek
Staffan Axelsson
Curt Lindstrom is probably best known for being the assistant coach
when Sweden took the WC gold in '87. Tommy Sandlin was the head coach
and took care of the tactical disposition while Curt Lindstrom provided
the team with the mental, psychological strength.
Lately, Curt has been coaching in Southern Europe somewhere (Switzerland?)
but with very limited success (if I remember correctly from what
was said in Swedish newspapers recently).
Curt said in an interview that he thought the Finnish team in the
latest WC lacked their well-known "sisu" (=fighting spirit, or how
would that translate to English?), therefore the somewhat mediocre
Finnish performance.
Curt further said that his main task right now would be to fetch
knowledge of Finnish hockey, and he also thought that no major changes
will be needed in order to improve the Finnish team, just certain details.
Curt will use Stockholm as a "home base" and frequently travel back
and forth to Finland.
Staffan