JÖNKÖPING. HV71 has five losses in a row and loses margin like jumbo in the table.
After the match against Färjestad, Tommy Samuelsson was disappointed with the loss and angered by Sportbladet’s questions.
– As long as I get to the locker room door there, I’ll go there, says the HV71 coach.
HV71 He only took three pointers in his first 16 SHL games.
There are now seven points above the qualifying streak until Rögle and Malmö.
After the match, Sportbladet asked how Tommy Samuelson sees his role in the situation.
– how do you mean?
After all, you are the most responsible as the head coach of the team.
– I can not play.
I, of course, factor in who we are. We didn’t score enough goals, some of them end up on my table of course. Then I think we had a game that was good enough to take more three-pointers. Obviously, when he’s not averaging two goals, it becomes difficult to win hockey games. If you look at 16 games at the same time, we’ve been there and recognized three throws in all games. Somewhere we miss tipping forward, whether it’s on my desk or not, others will judge.
“Requires a little character”
How do you feel about yourself in this situation?
Obviously I like to win, if you don’t win you will feel a little worse of course. You are employed to deal with this. Now a little personality is required in both me and everyone else around me.
Do you understand that there will be criticism after these results?
– This is how this world works. He’s like Sam Vinault today, he’s a hero for a moment but the 3-1 goal isn’t allowed. After a few minutes he caused the decisive penalty, then there are fears and a little sad. This is how it works. I don’t think I’m a worse coach today than I was three months ago.
“not worried”
How confident are you that you will keep your job?
– I won’t answer that. As long as I have a traffic light on the dressing-room door over there, I’ll get there.
How worried are you about losing your job afterward?
– I’m not worried about that. I can’t influence that. I can only influence what I do in the day-to-day operation. Then others can judge whether it is good or not.
“What kind of question is this…”
Want to connect yourself?
– What kind of question is it really? I am an employee. This is what I said before. I’m an employee and I work until someone asks me to go home because I’m not good enough. Then others can judge it. I think I have such professional people around me, so I think they can judge the matter.
A 2-1 loss leading to a 3-2 loss in the third period in front of the all-exploited home yard on Saturday night affected the mood and did not make the interview situation optimal.
Flashed from the eyes of Tommy Samuelson, who didn’t think it was the right time for questions.
‘Important decision in the game’
Sam Vigneault had a CD in the goal that would have made it 3-1 and his first goal in the SHL.
He was disqualified because Hermann Hansson was sent off for “holding the stick” in front of goal.
In the subsequent power game, Marcus “Lilis” Nelson scored 2-2 for Färjestad.
It was also Sam Vignault who knocked out Marcus “Lilis” Nelson with the decisive penalty kick by Viktor Ejdesel for the winning goal.
– I hope to God that the referees made the right decision when we had a 3-1 goal, because it was the final match. I can’t see the situation from where I was standing, I have to trust that they made the right decision. It’s definitely an important decision in the match. This is how our sport works, one moment you can be a champion, the next time you can be a kind of scapegoat. It’s obviously unfortunate for Sam Vinault, from joy to a bit disappointed of course. It’s frowned upon, says Tommy Samuelson, but it’s just about getting up again tomorrow.
Prior to last season, Tommy Samuelson came to HV71 and he was the one who brought them back to SHL from Hockeyallsvenskan.