Former Russian hockey player Kirill Kniazev expressed the opinion that Zinetula Bilyaletdinov It’s time to end my coaching career.
Bilyaletdinov announced on Friday that he would leave the post of head coach of Ak Bars after the end of his contract, which runs until the end of April.
– Look how much this man made as a coach! What a huge amount of experience he has and a whole bunch of badges. Some say they don’t work with young people or let them play. I don’t agree, because young people also have to reach a certain level. When Bilyaletdinov returned to Dynamo as a coach, after working for 5-6 years in the NHL, he carried out individual work with young players, that is, he showed everything and everything told with nuances. I think this is one of the factors that shows that he knows and wants to work with young people.
Now the situation is a little different, the man is older and, in principle, even despite this, I think he still did a good job. I think he did everything he could in that situation anyway. He has probably decided to end his coaching career.
I can’t speak for him, but I can only assume it’s simply time to end his head coaching career. But these are just my assumptions, I have a very good attitude towards this specialist, with respect. It’s a shame that we couldn’t work with him, there was an opportunity, but the circumstances turned out differently, ”Knyazev is quoted in Metaratings.ru.
Ak Bars, under the leadership of Bilyaletdinov, lost to Avtomobilist with a score of 1-4 in the first round of the KHL playoffs. Last season, the team reached the final of the Gagarin Cup, where they lost to CSKA (3-4).
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