The state of the coach of the Slovak hockey team Craig Ramsay has improved a bit, But the official report SZĽH and the general manager of the national team Miroslav Šatan will require doctors in two weeks. The seventy -four -year -old Canadian is treated from pneumonia and Vladimír Országh temporarily sees in his position. The Banská Bystrica coach is ready to take over the national team if Ramsay would not be cured until the beginning of the World Championship (May 9).
Országh will lead the national team as part of the first phase of the final block preparation block this week in Switzerland. “We don’t want to overwhelm the media every day with some messages from doctors, but I just say so much that It is still in treatment and the lung image has improved slightly from that time two weeks ago. So there is some slight improvement, but the treatment will take a few weeks, so we have to wait and then we will ask for about two weeks. Then we will be able to evaluate better when he could come back, ”he said Satan.
The boss of Slovak hockey did not want to speculate about the possibilities, he wants to wait for the situation to develop: “We do not want to block in some time, because I do not know how to continue treatment, whether there will be a rapid improvement or stagnate. We also talked to the doctors that we would wait for some two weeks and see what the situation will be in two weeks. Then, of course, we will inform you whether it looks hopeful or what it looks like. ”
The whole implementation team around the representation wants to give Ramsay a space for treatment, communicating at least. “We try to burden it with some problems at least. Of course, the coaches who are here are dealt with, I think they are ready to do it. It is certainly a challenge for them, we are glad that they have accepted the challenge and when doctors conclude that his condition is better, he is able to conduct some conversations over the phone or through a video call. So if you need to consult with something, coaches can do it. But we did not want to burden it yet and leave him in the care of doctors, ”said Satan.
He also stated that if Ramsay did not cure the World Championship, the association has a plan B. “There are only two options. Either Craig will return and take over the inverter and if the doctors do not recommend it, Vlado will be the head coach.” The Canadian coach should also lead the Slovaks at the Winter Olympics, Satan did not want to think so far in this case. The Games of the Winter Olympics will take place in a year. “We are glad that Vlado will help us these two weeks, when it helps us for two months, of course we will be happy. Now he is free, but unfortunately next year has a contract in Banská Bystrica, so we have not solved this yet. We need to solve the problem we have now.”
Országh’s assistants will be in Switzerland by Ivan Fenes and Martin Štrbák, as the original assistants Peter Frühauf and Ján Pardavy still have club duties. “Vlado started as an assistant to Crag a few years ago, then he joined the career of the head coach. Whether in the Slovak league or Czech he has been telling several years. And you remember that there was such a dilemma that it should be a foreign coach or Slovak? Of the Slovak coaches, Vlado is best prepared to take over such a position. We will see how the team will live with him, what the team’s speech will look like in preparation. We are ready for all the possibilities whether he will be with us for a few weeks or will be with us until the end of the World Cup. And of course we will be happy when he is, ”said Šatan.
Országh is waiting for a difficult task, but according to Satan, the usual game system will not change. “He will be in charge of coaching, putting together a cabin, making some formations. That will be his main role. We know he has a different game system, he said that about 20 percent differs from Craig. In Banská Bystrica, it does some things differently, maybe a little different detail, but I think it will not be a problem, because Vlado understands other game systems. But since we still believe that Craig will return after some time, we will not change the game system for some 2-3 weeks now, as players are used to it. Vlado knows how the system works, we had some sitting with all the assistants and video tutors last week, so they know the system. And his role will only be to keep the system and make those decisions that he must do as a boss. ”
The championship will not go long -term support
A young team will go to Switzerland’s double match, rejuvenation will be necessary for the World Championship nomination. Peter Cehlárik and Marek Hrivík will not go to the championship and Libor Hudáček, as Šatan, revealed as Satan. Marián Studenič, who left the team from his own decision during the August Olympic qualification, does not count on the implementation team.
“Unfortunately Libor Hudáček does not feel this year, he is tired and had some health problems, so it looks like not. There we believe that in a week – two, there could be positive news and could join the team. The Sukel would come next week to the next block. As far as Studenič is concerned, there are some principles that are set up and I don’t know if this will be a topic. So we haven’t talked very much about it. But he left the national team and you know that we have standards set up as if we were somewhere in the NHL. Maybe I know what Craig would have, so we haven’t even taken over this topic. The situation is that sometimes in the future you could definitely open the door again, but I don’t know if now. ”
