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Old 10-28-2017, 01:44 PM   #447
Cecil Terwilliger
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Originally Posted by taco.vidal View Post
Ive been saying for years that the GlueGun is a dud of a coach. I think its clear to everyone now that this is true.
Why do people insist on making hilarious claims like this?

Do you think we believe you? Actually it isn't even about believing. It is about you claiming to know something that is literally impossible for you to know. You probably didn't even know who Gulutzan was "years" ago. And even if you did, I highly doubt you have the ability to judge his coaching.

Unlike football and baseball, the quality of an NHL coach is extremely difficult to assess to the average fan. We pretty much can only judge the coach against our expectations of the roster on paper. But even the lovechild of Scotty Bowman and Mike Babcock would never be able to ensure any roster of rejects is successful.

Basically all hockey coaches are based purely on results with a little bit of personnel decisions sprinkled in here and there.

Pretending to be able to conclusively rank and judge NHL coaches is about on par for me with people evaluating player motivation and effort levels. Usually it comes down to falsely attributing results after the fact to an unverifiable skill level.
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