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Originally Posted by transplant99
Rick Ball just brought up a great example of not judging a guy based strictly on his past.
Mike Sullivan was HC in Boston...went out round 1 and then missed the playoffs in 2 seasons. He then joined Tortorella as an assistant in NY where they missed once and went out in round, round 2 and round 3 in their 4 years there. Then they went to Vancouver for that one meltdown season and missed.
Now? 2 time SC winner and looking pretty good to go deep again.
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If anything it shows how important getting lots of experience at the NHL level is.
I have no doubt that GG will actually be a good HC eventually. He needs 10 more years in the NHL as an assistant though.
It was the same thing with Playfair. Became an NHL HC way too early.