Two-time Gagarin Cup winner Sergei Konkov believes that after leaving the post of head coach of Ak Bars Kazan Zinetula Bilyaletdinov able to be useful as a consultant passing on his experience.
On Friday, Bilyaletdinov, 69, announced that he was leaving the post of head coach of Ak Bars. The team under his leadership lost to Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg with a score of 1–4 in the first round of the KHL playoffs.
— If Bilyaletdinov made the decision to leave independently, then that’s one thing. If this decision was made by management, then that’s another question. Maybe Zinetula Khaidarovich will still work as a coach in another team? It is clear that the game Ak Bars has attracted a lot of criticism.
But you have to understand that each coach has his own vision of the game and how to achieve results. Bilyaletdinov is a professional. He is the person who has achieved the most glory, fame and victories in our hockey. He is a respected person. Even if he leaves the post of head coach, he will bring many benefits as a consultant passing on his experience, Konkov told RB Sport.
Ak Bars, under the leadership of Bilyaletdinov, became three times winner of the Gagarin Cup. The specialist also led the Russian team to victory at the 2012 World Championships.
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