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Originally Posted by Ryan Coke

My last comment on this, in a serious manner...

I wouldn’t fire a coach on this, and am certainly reluctant to make too harsh a judgment on this point. Talking about it on a fan message board is as serious as it deserves. The question of if it has any real impact on team performance and how much is legitimate, and it is just a subjective judgment of possible deeper deficiencies that may or may not exist.

What I can say is that I would try to avoid it if I were in a position like his, or any leadership position involving human performance. I am not criticizing him for merely the idea of looking at an iPad, but the frequency and timing of it I would personally try to mitigate if I were in that position.

In fact I could see it being something I did without even thinking about it until someone else pointed out how it looked, then I would try to modify that behaviour.

I am sure GG is a great person, and only have any desire to analyze his performance as a coach. Both the on ice tangible decision making, as well as the harder to judge soft skills; leadership, motivation, emotional engagement.

So I really don’t know if it has any actual effect on performance, but in a small way it wouldn’t surprise me if it does.

For me, constantly looking at his iPad says "I can't follow the game" and reinforces the idea that he puts too much emphasis on stats.