Double Olympic champion Alexander Kozhevnikov told that the coach Alexander Zavialov took a risk by agreeing to lead “Knight “, but he failed to succeed with the team.
On Tuesday, Vityaz announced the resignation of Zavyalov from the post of head coach, he resigned of his own free will. The day before, the team lost heavily against CSKA (1:9). “Vityaz”, under the leadership of Zavyalov, scored 5 points in 13 matches of the Fonbet KHL championship, the team occupies the last place in the Western Conference standings.
—Did you think no one would be cut during the season? What happened was what was supposed to happen. But I don’t think Zavyalov is the only one responsible. He’s a switchman. We had to build the team. First they sold everyone out, and then the person had to create something? In this case, Zavyalov should have had time. Agree for a year or two to create a new team. Just count how many people have left Vityaz over the past two years. In the offseason alone, three or four key players left the team.
Yes, Zavyalov took a risk, but it didn’t work out. He didn’t recruit high-level people himself that he would need to build a team. The situation here is different: Zavyalov had to work with those who were recruited for him. I didn’t understand why they broke up with Butsaev. He gave results – he reached the playoffs and won a game there. Did they want to become champions? It’s unlikely. Even I understand from the outside that people did not have this in mind,” Kozhevnikov told .
Zavyalov has been working at the club since 2022 and in May 2023 he was appointed to the position of head coach. Previously, the specialist worked at Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo, Kazan Ak Bars, Chelyabinsk Traktor, Nizhnekamsk Neftekhimik and Khabarovsk Amur.
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