Andrei Nazarov, who, by the way, before leaving for the NHL was considered a very technical hockey player, playing, and not tough guy, does not yet have experience of independent work. The short term as General Manager of Tractor does not count. He came there at the end of the season and did not have time to stand out. But Nazarov gave out a lot of interviews, where he said very strange things. Sport Today has selected the most entertaining quotes of the new Tractor head coach.
“I remember how, seven years ago, in one of the fights with an elbow from a U-turn, I accidentally hit the face of the linesman - this was my first and last attack on a judge. “Immediately after the game, according to his report, I was disqualified for 10 games, which implied a very serious fine not for one tens of thousands of dollars.”
“For 13 years of playing in the NHL, I had the opportunity to work under the leadership of nearly a dozen North American head coaches. If you bracket such a unique personality as Mike Keenan, then they all look the same. Strong psychologists and speakers, but not the most outstanding methodologists. ”
“In recent days people often come up to me on the streets of Chelyabinsk and ask: what do I think about the trick of Vityaz player Simpson, who broke the best Russian hockey boy Cherepanov? The answer is simple: this is a disgrace! An old and little-needed Canadian removes the hope of our hockey - and the case is limited to a fine of 800 dollars. This is the cost of about three clubs for the team of craftsmen, and I heard that a Canadian spends one trip to a strip club near Moscow. ”
“Ovechkin will be punished with a maximum of two matches. One will be given for pushing an opponent on board - such violations in the NHL are usually not forgiven. Another may be given because Ovechkin is Russian. "I won’t tell America if I say that a little more is forgiven to my own in the NHL than to guys from the Old World."
“You know, this is all the dirt in Russia in sight. For example, I closely monitor Russian football and, as a professional, I can say that in a number of recent matches everything was done clumsily. ”
“Almost all the cops are on steroids. Many other players use the so-called shipfed. “Doc, give a little judge,” I have heard these words more than once. You take a handful of pills - about six, eat, and then run the whole match without stopping ... I am not an expert, but I heard that the shipfedder expands something there, saturates it with oxygen, allows you to breathe well, moves a lot ... It is, probably , and in every Enhael locker room, in almost any Enchael doctor’s suitcase, on the shelf of a medical corner of almost any overseas stadium. However, this is not the most serious drug. In the United States, heavier substances are also common in the sports world - the same drugs, for example, marijuana. ”
“In general, the problem of doping in the NHL is only part of the iceberg. Many players in this league are well aware of the fact that places in the first links of their club, and, therefore, high salaries just do not get. That sometimes they have to conquer, sorry, through the bed ... "
“One of the teams of the Super League invited to the role of a coach. But in the future I still see myself not in hockey, but in business. ”
Quotations from the newspaper Sport-Express
Alexey Shevchenko