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| | Monday, May 29 Neilson wants status resolved quickly | |||||
| Associated Press PVOORHEES, N.J. -- Roger Neilson wants to speak with other NHL teams about coaching jobs but will consider a return to the Philadelphia Flyers. He denied a published report that said he would return to the Flyers only as head coach. "I'd like to permission to speak to other teams about being a head coach," Neilson said after the team's season-ending meeting today. "Failing that, I'll consider everything." Neilson stepped down as coach to undergo cancer treatment in February. He has said general manager Bob Clarke promised him he could return to his old job after he recovered from a stem cell bone-marrow transplant. Neilson intends to bring up the subject in talks with management this week, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported today. "We'll be talking, either I or my agent, Rob Campbell, with Clarkie this week and find out what's going on," Neilson told the newspaper. "I still want to be a head coach, if not here, then somewhere else." Craig Ramsay, Neilson's best friend, has been interim head coach since Feb. 20. He led the Flyers within one victory of the Stanley Cup finals, which might help him keep the job. Clarke has said he promised Neilson only that they would talk about an extension this summer, according to the newspaper. Neilson said recently on Toronto radio and in an HBO documentary that he does not believe he will be given his job back. He also has said that Ramsay proved he is head-coach material. "I want to be a head coach," Neilson said. "I understand it would be great for Rammer to be a head coach, and he certainly deserves it. I thought Rammer did a great job." Neilson said he wouldn't accept another position within the Flyers organization. He also thinks he is healthy enough to handle an NHL head coaching job. Neilson will turn 66 on June 14 and is recovering from multiple myeloma, a form of bone-marrow cancer. "If they don't want me back as head coach, I am sure they will let me know right away so it gives me some time to find a job somewhere else," he said. | ALSO SEE Flyers' Lindros remains uncertain about retiring Devils turn 3-1 series deficit into trip to Stanley Cup  | |||||
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