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Originally Posted by transplant99
Is there a successful team recently that didnt have a "stacked" roster though? And more than that, a great roster who were playing well at the right time of the year to win it all.
I mean, it's just weird to me that fans judge coaches negatively when they have good teams and get good results.
As for playoff success, yeah I get it, but you mentioned Pittsburgh. Hard to pin that on coaching is it not? Does Sullivan get no kudos for winning back to back because he has a great roster?
Quenneville/AV are another guy that everyone salivates over if he was to be available...he just missed the playoffs. But because he had great rosters previously, he was the best in the business and would be welcome just about anywhere.
Really not singling you out as this is a common thing to see. I'm just not sure that the same criteria are applied equally to each candidate.
It's all good though as people can have faves for whatever reason they want obviously. I'm a big Barry Trotz fan and think he would be tremendous for this particular team.
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I don't necessarily disagree, and I would probably happy if Trotz is the guy, but one thing that I look at is how a team performs before a coach's arrival, and then after he has moved on. The Predators have definitely taken a step forward in the post-Trotz era—his last two seasons they were out of the playoffs, and then under Laviolette had a series loss, then won a round, then won the Western Conference, and now are a Cup favourite.