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Originally Posted by Day Tripper
Burke never hired Ron Wilson.
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Technically yes but I believe Burke supposedly recommended Wilson to Peddie to hire Wilson who was hired to be the Leafs head coach without supposedly even interviewing another candidate which is odd. Many believe that Burke and Peddie that summer struck up a plan that when his contract was up he would join the Leafs and that's why they kept Fletcher as interim with Wilson coaching. Remember Nonis followed Burke to the Leafs shortly after from the Ducks as he had an "out clause" specifically so he could follow Burke. It appears the Leafs got away without tampering but if you do the research you can see a lot of hints that the whole Burke, Wilson, Nonis thing was predetermined by Peddie and Burke while he was still with the Ducks.