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Originally Posted by Pointman
While it is not possible to put you in charge of that team to find out whether you could have coached it to the Cup, there is still a way to legitimately compare your coaching skills to Hartley's. Hartley has started as a coach by coaching a junior team from his hometown to a championship while working full time as an assembly line worker. So go ahead and sign up to whatever junior or at least beer league team is looking for a coach, and try to coach them to whatever title they are competing for.
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Of course he is a better coach than I am, it was obvious hyperbole, at least I thought it was obvious. But Hartley coached a team to a cup that was an obvious favourite to win. Maybe he was instrumental, however looking at the roster, I doubt that is the case. There are lots of mediocre coaches that win Stanley Cups. Marc Crawford is the prime example of that in this context in my view.