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Originally Posted by Where ru Chris O'Sullivan
If you watch sports, even more so, multiple sports (ok, not Basketball!!), you realize that coaching a talented team to a title is not a sure bet.
Last year alone in the NHL, I counted 5 elite teams (if not more) 4 of their coaches didn't win a title. Not sure we can punish a coach for winning it, if we can rip him apart if he doesn't.
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Yes that's often true with talented players who lack maturity and integrity. Sakic, Forsberg and Bourque do not fit this criteria. Roy did but the goalie position isolated his influence and it doesnt hurt that he is the second (?) best goalie of all time. I'm not trying to take away credit for Hartley's cup, just responding to the post using Hartley's coaching of one the best assembled teams over the past 20 years as a justification of his current coaching decisions.