And burns and wants

Roman Rotenberg was left one step until the head of the Russian national hockey team

So we waited-Roman Borisovich Rotenberg with a unanimous decision of the coaching council of the Russian Hockey Federation was appointed head coach of the Russian national team-25. This is such a special team, specially created under a specific coach for certain purposes: to develop young players and popularize hockey. In order not to forget about the Institute of national teams in the conditions of international sanctions. They are a ban for us, and we are “here you are!”.

The new head coach commented on the appointment extremely modestly: “For me it is a great honor. Being a little boy, I could not even dream about it. I do everything possible for the homeland. I thank everyone who voted for me. ” The representative of one of the most powerful Russian pro -government clans was sincerely glad.

The news from the category "Can you like that too?" I overshadowed both the final series of the Gagarin Cup and the beginning of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

The penetrating minds immediately realized that this was not the theater of absurdity, but a well-calculated step on the path of Bobrov’s heir to the next purpose-the term of the contract of the head coach of the national team Alexei Zhamanov ends in June, they are not going to extend the agreement, and there is no other worthy candidate for the replacement of five minutes, except Rotenberg Jr., it seems that we don’t have it.

All formalities in this case were observed.

Roman Rotenberg, a successful entrepreneur and hockey functionary with 10 years of experience, in his first season as the head coach SKA led to victory in the regular part of the continental hockey league championship, and in the playoffs went through two rounds, losing only in the final of the Western conference to the main and fundamental rival-CSKA. What is the role of a young specialist in the successes of the St. Petersburg club is unknown, but according to merit and honor. Not the gods burn pots, and the billionaires can hold the club in their hands, and it is time to revive the temporarily interrupted newfangled trend: who leads SKA is a direct road to the national team.

And most importantly-and a person at work burns, and wants, as one of the members of the coaching council, the ex-head coach of the Russian national team Vladimir Krikunov, wants to say about the appointment.

This does not mean that others do not want, but you can want differently. Here Roman Borisovich wants very much, respectively, the coaching council could not not take this into account.

In it, according to Rotenberg Jr., "our legends are collected-people who understand what coaching profession is."

Here is a complete list:

• Boris Mayorov, chairman,

• Arkady Rotenberg,

• Vladislav Tretyak,

• Boris Mikhailov,

• Vladimir Yurzinov,

• Pavel Bure

• Igor Tuzik,

• Zinetula Bilyaletdinov,

• Alexey Kudashov,

• Valery Bragin,

• Oleg Bratash,

• Vladimir Krikunov,

• Sergey Svetlov.

How not to trust the synclite, in which there are completely respected people, only the former head coaches of the Russian national team? Olympic champions, keepers of traditions, great and unique.

Who put forward the candidacy, how many people were present directly at the meeting - the story is silent about this, but there is a quote from Tretyak: "Roman Borisovich recently works as a coach, but managed to prove himself as a good specialist who knows how to develop players."

A direct man Krikunov expressed doubt that there were many candidates for the post of head coach: “But he burns, he wants, so he was appointed unanimously. Let him work, the flag in his hands. "

The chairman of the coaching council Boris Mayorov summed up: “Roman Borisovich has one wonderful property - he selflessly loves hockey, devoted to him and is ready to work from morning to night. Therefore, other candidates were not discussed. Personally, I believe that in this situation this is a good choice. ”

I believe that Arkady Romanovich Rotenberg did not object to the appointment of his nephew, as well as Valery Bragin, the direct subordinate of Rotenberg’s novel by the SKA coaching staff.

Some awkwardness was still felt, so the culprit of the celebration himself, who was most disturbed by the preservation of traditions, explained the situation simply: “You know that in Soviet times the head coach of the national team was appointed precisely according to the results of the smooth championship.” Borisovich’s novel should disappoint - “following the results of the championship” neither Arkady Chernyshev, nor Anatoly Tarasov, Nor Vsevolod Bobrov, nor Boris Kulagin, nor Viktor Tikhonov was appointed. The position was too serious for the appointment to depend on one or two factors. And they could take off successful, as the same great Bobrov after the won World-1974 championship. But this is so, by the way.

Roman Borisovich Rotenberg, in addition to high posts in the hierarchy of domestic hockey, is now also his most media face. It’s a pleasure to listen to him, and now in an interview with “Match TV” he managed to say enough in order to appreciate his stunning take -off.

Here's what he said about difficult childhood years of hockey classes in Finland: “To break up, in every match it was necessary to score four to five heads. I did so. It was not easy - to go upstairs, to break into the stars. "

About the love of the game: “I lived with hockey from the diapers. And I still live. ”

About their new kind of activity: "This is a round -the -clock labor, and victories are produced later and blood."

And closer to the topic - about how he motivates his wards, which have already tuned in for a vacation: “I said to them: while wait. It is important to be a patriot and play for the national team. ” “We now need to gather everyone, show our best hockey. And play in such a way as to show everyone that we are now the number one team in the world. ” “We will give everyone a wonderful hockey holiday. We will hold our own world championship. It’s not just that there will be nine matches. And usually at the world championships - ten games. And we also met in two weeks. ”

With the World Cup, and with diapers and stellar routes, Roman Borisovich got a little excited, but it seems like trifles. If hockey Russia is not allowed and they are not allowed to play with anyone, and the International Hockey Federation has already extended sanctions and next year, it means that it was necessary to look for workarounds and non -standard solutions. They found both the coach and the format - the running -in will begin in the very near future when

The Russian team-25 will go on a tour of the cities of Russia and two nearby capitals, during which it will meet the national team of Belarus nine times and once with the national team of Kazakhstan. This is called "Own World Cup",

Called to become a holiday for lovers of hockey Chelyabinsk, Astana, Krasnoyarsk, Tula and Minsk.

So far, in the expanded composition of the national team, which will go to the May tour, 22 people from St. Petersburg SKA and 14 of other clubs, naturally, in addition to participants in the final series of the Gagarin Cup between CSKA and Ak Bars, which continues.

The composition also contains age hockey players who are not suitable for the category of “up to 25 years”, but this also found an explanation: 25 is the average age of the team.

Simply put, it will be just the Russian national team without players Ak Bars and CSKA, which is another hint of the near future that is waiting for our new chosen one Fortune.

And you should not pay attention to the spiteful people who called the upcoming hockey battles by the “Red Machine” super -series against the “Potato Monster”, the new purpose commented “was a hockey game, and became a toy”, and to the authors of the once favorite game of Shabash turned like this: “What are you doing, your mother?!”

No, more optimistic to listen to the heir to the great traditions who accepted the baton directly from those who embodied these traditions: “I believe that we are on the way to great victories at the world championships and the Olympiads. And who will work further - the responsible decision will be made by the coaching council of the FHR, which I thank for trust. "

Curtain.