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Originally Posted by Stay Golden
I completely respect your post. I would prefer a candidate like Reirdon as HC. Who I wanted was Muller it sounds like the Habs obviously liked him as well as they didn't hesitate to add him as an Asst.
But Gulutzan's HC record is what it is and it is not good.
So yes your right it is going to be hope for the best now.
If someone walked into my office to be hired and I saw they failed year 1
failed in year 2
Part of what Failed 3
Succeeded in year 4
Then returned to failing in year 5.
I would only hire them if they had tremendous character and I felt they were habitually maybe because of the earth's gravitational pull he has been in the wrong situation in both NHL stays.
Maybe that is Treliving reasoning who knows. But it certainly his body of work statistically and result oriented over his 5 years in the NHL. Doesn't scream HC to me but like you said now we hope for the best.
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Do you mean this Kirk Muller?
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/p...y.php?pid=3839
The one that did not make the playoffs in either of his 3 head coaching years? Or the one that was an assistant on a stacked Blues teams, which only made it past the 1st round in one of his 2 years there?
So you wouldn't hire your above example unless they had a tremendous character, but you would hire this?
Fail the 1st year
Fail the 2nd year
Fail the 3rd year
Fail the 4th year
Succeed on a stacked team as an assistant
Likely headed for fail next year unless Price comes back with vengeance.
Maybe Gulutzen does have tremendous character, you should let things play out instead of holding a grudge against BT for firing Hartley.