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Originally Posted by bax
Everyone here seems to have a hate on for Peters and I’m not sure why.
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In my case - I don't know if Peters is a bad coach. What I do know is that I am personally skeptical based on what little I've seen and what I've read about his style of play that he is a coach who can get a breakout from Sam Bennett or a return to form for Mark Giordano or TJ Brodie. In my opinion that's also true of Darryl Sutter. It's a fit thing with these two. That doesn't mean either of these two are bad coaches - but we need our individuals to fire on all cylinders and I believe the team results will follow. That said I do think it's funny that we're totally going to hire the guy who people want the least.
I'm unsure of AV - not because he's a bad coach but because his systems seem to be aging and he hasn't seemed to adapt. But if we hired him I would be comfortable with the hire.
I'm most interested in Ruff. He's been around forever but he's not rigid. The 2015-16 Stars played the kind of hockey that could both take the Flames to the next level and beyond to the Stanley Cup. I just see an overwhelming fit.
Keefe is probably the top coaching prospect in the game (although there are some others who don't seem to get the same press due to not being in Toronto, including Todd Nelson, but also Nate Leaman, Roy Sommer and Dan Muse). But Gulutzan has probably soured everybody on a green coach - the timing just sucks.
The coaches I want no part of on that list are Trotz, Eakins or Tippett. I've seen enough to know I want them nowhere near this team. Well, unless Trotz proves me wrong and takes the Caps to the next level this year, in which case he will not be leaving Washington anyways.
Overall, if we hire Peters, I'll be neither excited nor angry - but I'll be pretty impatient with the results because I don't see the fit and I don't think CP does either, which is what the poll results show.