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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
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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Great post.
The coach is always the scapegoat for an underachieving team.
You don't know his systems. You don't know the reasons for his decisions.
It's a cop out for upset fans who don't understand how dynamic the game of hockey is.