MOSCOW, April 2 Avangard Omsk general manager Alexei Volkov announced the desire of the club to continue working with head coach Bob Hartley, noting that the Canadian has the final say. The head coach of Omsk Avangard Bob Hartley, after losing in the quarterfinal series of the Gagarin Cup against Metallurg Magnitogorsk (3-4), left Russia, saying that all decisions will be made later. Volkov confirmed this information.
"Bob will give his press conference on Monday. He himself will tell about his future, about his attitude to what is happening. I'm not ready to talk about the future, since I myself have not met with Alexander Vladimirovich (Krylov, chairman of the board of directors & # 34; Vanguard & # 34;). On our part, there is a desire, but there are real things that depend only on Bob. And as soon as he announces his position, we will either move on, or there will be ground for further relations with Bob. Information about the selection of candidates for Hartley's place is speculation. The guys who write this have a wild imagination. We are awaiting an official response from Bob for further work. We will build on this", Volkov said at a press conference, the video of which was published on the official YouTube channel of the Omsk club.
«This is a very deserved person, the brightest coach in the history of the KHL, someone loves him, someone He hates this kind of professionals, there are very few specialists, not only in Russia, but throughout the hockey world, ”added the general manager of Avangard. The contract of coaching Avangard since 2018 Hartley with the Omsk club expires after the current season.