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Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
I don't really remember an opportunity to get a coach like that either. A coach either makes himself a legend on your team (definitely option A), or he has to have a recent record mediocre enough to get canned. And for your own teams coaching timeline to lineup with that of high calibre coach getting fired is almost pure luck.
The only example I can really think of is Boudreau... but I personally took a sigh of relief when he signed with Minny. Looking back, would he have been a better option? Probably.
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Quennville left Colorado in May 2008 and was hired by Chicago in September of that year as a pro scout. They fired Savard a month later and promoted Quennville into the spot of Coach.
Some teams are proactive, other teams hire the Godfather of the GMs son to coach.