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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Is it not one of the head coach's responsibilities to get the players playing their best? Whether it be by motivation or putting them in situations to excel the head coach plays a big role in how players play. It's fair to say that Mike Johnston wasn't getting enough out of his players in Pittsburgh because they went from also ran to Cup winners after going to Sullivan.
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I don't think motivation is necessarily an NHL coach's primary responsibility, but it's definitely the coach's job to get everyone to play the game the right way. That's precisely why he is paid to be there.
Doesn't mean that it's totally the coach's fault if it doesn't happen, but it doesn't mean that the coach escapes responsibility when he fails in his job either. The way some fans talk sometimes, it's like the coach could never be responsible for anything because it's always just the players who are performing poorly.