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Originally Posted by Mike F
I'm arguing that it's very odd to change a life-long coaching pattern based on what you see another coach do in a disastrous season.
And again, have people really looked at Tortorella's coaching history?? His teams' point totals (for seasons where he's coached the entire year) are:
69, 93, 106, 92, 93, 71, 87, 93, 109, 95*, 79, 76.
*(pro rated to 82 game season)
So, if you take 96 points as a general guideline for making the playoffs, that's a grand total of 2 seasons in his entire career that his team was more than, at best, a bubble team!
If that strikes someone as a top coach worth emulating, it's no wonder there are so many people satisfied with Gulutzen this year.
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You don't have to be Scotty Bowman to have a good idea, system or procedure.
He's an NHL coach - he is doing some things right. Just as every NHL coach is doing some things right. Those things don't become wrong, just because you have a bad season.
Every person who makes it to the pinnacle of their profession, has some good ideas. And conversely, every person that makes it to the pinnacle of their profession has borrowed some ideas from others.
Your hate blinds you.