Tretiak responded to Fetisov, who called him crazy

The President of the Russian Hockey Federation, the legendary hockey goalie Vladislav Tretyak, responded to the words of the no less eminent player Vyacheslav Fetisov.

Earlier, Fetisov called Tretyak crazy for his comparison of SKA head coach Roman Rotenberg with former USSR national team coaches Anatoly Tarasov and Viktor Tikhonov.

“Unfortunately, many people are too lazy to read beyond the headlines and they make themselves look stupid,” said Tretyak, whose words transmits “Sport-Express”.

He explained that “the first approach, North American”, is that the general manager is responsible for recruiting and selecting players, and the coach is simply invited to lead the ready-made squad.

There is also the “traditional Soviet” approach: “when the head coach himself chooses players for his team, based on his plans and requirements.”

Tretiak stressed that “this is exactly how Anatoly Tarasov and Viktor Tikhonov worked. And the same technique was adopted by Roman Rotenberg.

Vice-President of the Continental Hockey League Valery Kamensky, like Fetisov, also spoke about this. His quoted “Championship”. Kamensky called it “stupidity” to compare “such people”, “who are born once in 100 years”, with a novice coach.

Rotenberg became the head coach of the St. Petersburg SKA in January. Last season, the team under his leadership reached the playoff stage, and then lost to CSKA, which became the champion.

This season, SKA is the leader of the Western Conference after 28 games. On Tuesday, November 8, the team lost to Admiral on the road and thus interrupted the streak of 9 victories in a row.