[Devils-list] ESPN.com - OLY - Fetisov steps up to top coaching post
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MOSCOW -- Former Soviet captain Vyacheslav
Fetisov on Monday was appointed to coach Russia's ice hockey
team at the 2002 Winter Olympics.<p></p>
<p></p>
"I would like to announce today that Vyacheslav Fetisov will
be the head coach and general manager of our Olympic team in
Salt Lake City," Leonid Tyagachyov, president of the Russian
Olympic Committee, told a news conference.<p></p>
<p></p>
Fetisov, 43, who captained the Soviet Union to two Olympic
and seven world titles in the 1970s and 80s, succeeded Boris
Mikhailov, who was sacked after a disappointing sixth-place
finish at the world championships in Germany earlier this year.<p></p>
<p></p>
"It's big honor but also a great responsibility for me,"
Fetisov said. "But I'm used to the challenges and will do all I
can to bring Russia the gold medals."<p></p>
<p></p>
In 1989, after a stellar career in Russia, Fetisov moved to
The NHL where he won two Stanley
Cups with the Detroit Red Wings in 1997 and 1998.<p></p>
<p></p>
He retired the following season and since then has been
working as an assistant coach with the New Jersey Devils.<p></p>
However, the selection of Russia's Olympic coach has been
surrounded by bitter controversy, in-fighting and accusations
from all sides for over a year.<p></p>
<p></p>
"It was inappropriate what people around Fetisov's camp were
doing," Mikhailov, who still has a year left on his contract
with the Russian Ice Hockey Federation (RIHF), was quoted as
saying in Saturday's Sport-Express newspaper.<p></p>
<p></p>
"Fetisov himself was actively seeking a head coaching job,
while the national team had a coach with a valid contract."<p></p>
<p></p>
"It was me who a year ago first offered Fetisov a general
manager's role with Mikhailov remaining as coach," said RIHF
president Alexander Steblin, who supports Mikhailov.<p></p>
<p></p>
"But Fetisov wanted too much responsibility for himself,
that is why it has taken so long for us to decide on the coach."<p></p>
<p></p>
The row finally ended on Monday, but not without the help of
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who last week personally met
Tyagachyov, Fetisov and Russia captain Pavel Bure.<p></p>
<p></p>
"The country's leadership let us know that it doesn't like
the current situation in Russian hockey," Tyagachyov said. "And
it was up to people like Fetisov to change this situation."<p></p>
<p></p>
Once a superpower in ice hockey, Russia have not won a medal
at the world championships since 1993. Last year in St.
Petersburg, the host nation ended up in 11th place -- its worst
ever finish in major international competition.<p></p>
<p></p>
Most of Russia's leading players also backed Fetisov.<p></p>
<p></p>
"Unlike Mikhailov, Fetisov knows the NHL, he is a proven
leader and is respected by all the players," said Bure, who led
Russia to Olympic silver in 1998 and was voted the best forward
after leading the Nagano tournament in scoring with nine goals.<p></p>
<p></p>
"I'm not an adventurist, but it's no fault of mine that I'm
being put in a difficult situation," said Fetisov. "We lost
valuable time, we'd have had a mini-camp for the players here in
Moscow, like the Americans are doing. Now it's too late for
that, but I'm still optimistic about our chances in Salt Lake."<p></p>
<p></p>
But Steblin was not convinced.<p></p>
<p></p>
"Well, he (Fetisov) wanted responsibility, the ball is in
his court now," Steblin said.
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