Crawford on coaching

Marc Crawford on his coaching demeanor:

"I try to believe that I am fair and let my passion allow it. I think you've got to be true to yourself. If I was passive and never said things when things bothered me, I wouldn't be true to myself. I also recognize there have been times where my demeanor and my personality has got the best of me. Looking at the blogs today I saw one of the old things with me and Scotty (Bowman). That's not one of my finer moments, I know that. I pretty much guarantee you won't see that here. But I think being true to yourself as a player and as a coach is the best way to get the best out of your own individual ability, and I am determined to do that. I am smart enough to recognize that. I think common sense is the best way to deal with anybody. Hopefully I'll have common sense as the highlight of what I am about."

When asked about coaching an entertaining style of play, he offered his:

"I'd also like to say I concentrate a lot on defense. I spend a lot of time on defensive play. The Stars have been a very, very strong defensive club, a very strong puck pursuit club, a great skating club and a great hard working club. I think they are the core values of the club. I think I will bring a little bit more of a flair to the team, but I just think that is the way the game is going. The game is just being played at such a high pace right now and with so much speed and so much tempo, I think, quite frankly, that's the way the players want to play. ... We're not going to reinvent the wheel here. We're not going to turn this into the old ABA. We're going to be a responsible team that tries to play an up tempo game."

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