Geez its too bad that the fax machine still isn't around
I don't buy that MacTavish was looking for an associate coach, I believe he was looking for another head coach all along, but he held onto Krueger because he was afraid that nobody else would want to coach that trainwreck.
Instead of holding on for weeks until Kreuger was in Europe, maybe he should have taken the honest leap and fired Kreuger at seasons end so the guy could start his own job search.
I'm sure that Mac-T's philospophy didn't change during the interviews, he had the type of coach that he wanted from day one of the process.
Instead he held onto Krueger until half way into the summer while coaching vacancies and interview slots were filling both in NA and abroad.
And a NHL coach is a senior executive, and you rarely see senior executives fired via a phone call.