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Originally Posted by bax
Saying he was unprepared isn't fair. The majority of new coaches go through a rough start for about 20 games. Even Pittsburgh did last year before going on to win the cup
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I'm going to disagree. He had no idea what his ideal lineup was on opening night, slotting in guys like Grossman, who was subsequently bounced out of the league, and mixing his lines all over the place and constantly changing his defensive pairings.
This was due in part to not adequately using his pre-season opportunities to hone both his roster and his systems.
And further, your example of the Pittsburgh Penguins? Not even remotely the same thing, Mike Johnston was fired after 28 games and replaced by Mike Sullivan and then there was an almost immediate and meteoric improvement.