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Originally Posted by Drury18
If Ward is fired, that leaves (I believe) only Ftorek on staff as a coach.
With the way Conroy has been taking increased responsibility with the prospects and rookies and doing a number of on-ice activities and practice with them (at least during Prospect Camp) and being just personable with them and their go-to, does this open the door for "Coach Connie"? He's GM of the Heat, but maybe there is a place as Assistant Coach as well and to balance out Ftorek?
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I almost made a thread about this a year ago and then kind of forgot about it. I always thought Conroy could be a pretty good player coach. He is the nicest guy who seems to get along with everybody. Also I remember at some points him actually going out to help coach on things such as face-offs. I think that developing coaches is just as important as developing players. I would however start him in CGY behind a real bench boss to learn the ropes and I also see him being a better assistant than head coach. Plus I wouldn't want that whole Jim Playfair situation again.