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Originally Posted by mikephoen
I disagree with this point. The Penguins fired Therrien in season and hired Bylsma and won the cup that year. A couple years later, after firing Bylsma, they hired Mike Johnson. A year and half into his term, they realized it was a mistake and fired him and hired Sullivan. And again won the cup the same year they'd fired a coach. LA also won the cup the year they fired Murray and hired Darryl. Back in the 90s and early 2000s Lou Lamoriello mowed through a ton of coaches while they won 3 cups with a different coach each time (and others in between the wins).
Stability is definitely an approach that a lot of good teams take, but so is replacing a guy when an upgrade is available, or when things just aren't working out.
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I'm kinda with you on this one. There needs to be some semblance of consistency with the coaching staff but you definitely have to have the right coach in place. Changing the coach works if you don't have the right coach in place.
The GM is where you need consistency and patience. Every time a GM comes in he changes the look of the team. One GM values a certain type of player more than his predecessor or successor and many player personnel changes happen. Sometimes it is good for that change but GMs plans need more time to develop so flipping a GM every three, four or so years will keep setting back your team.