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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
If Eakins is the head coach of the Ducks next year I will put $100 on the Flames finally breaking the curse and winning in Anaheim. I don't care how good of an AHL head coach he is he was one of the worst NHL head coaches I have ever seen.
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His only fault really was taking the job. Lowe heard from the media types how coveted he was as an assistant and decided to jump the line and hide him as a head coach.Added him to the pile of the rest of the mess Lowe had assembled, often also based on stroking his own ego by doing things differently and wanting to be recognized for that, and Eakins never had a chance.
Akin to Feterik bringing in Matt Dunigan to coach (and be GM!) of the Stamps that one year. Who knows if Eakins is ready yet to be a head coach but am guessing at some point he will when he has a roster that weren't full of low confidence under achievers not knowing how to play an NHL style game.