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Originally Posted by Burke Salad
Dave King would be a great AHL coach and has ties to Treliving. Just thinking out loud.
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#### yeah. I was just reading King of Russia. Ties to Treliving and Calgary. Totally would be a good coach for the Adirondack Flames.
At the end of the book where the players are saying their goodbyes after he was let go (after a phenomenal season, made it to their version of the Cup finals) a lot of them were like "You changed my life, I'm a much better player and person now than I was before because of your coaching"
Off the top of my head some notes on King:
-He gets players to buy into a winning culture (the Magnitogorsk team were smashing their sticks and equipment in anger after a loss one night)
-He's smart with the kind of veterans he mingles in (brought in two hard working, gritty leaders)
-He's good with the players but willing to grill them if necessary