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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Why's that?
I mean I'm not in Peters corner necessarily but why are people so deadset against him? Maybe he's the next great young coach? I'm surprised people would be so negative about him considering we don't have a lot of first hand information on him. Carolina doesn't play us very often.
I mean sure I'd prefer Sutter and perhaps another guy or two. But there's a chance Peters is an amazing coach. I'm not sure how any of us can rule that out at this time.
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Peters is 53, so not that young. In fact, he's older than more than half the coaches in the league (some not by much). And not much younger than Babcock, Trotz, Tocchet, Laviolette, Gallant (all within 3 years older). Right now the only coaches over 55 are Carlyle, Boudreau, Torts, Julien, Quenneville and Vigneault (barely).
I hear he's a good coach, but I just think this team right now needs a "name" guy to kick some ass. A guy that a young star won't or can't tune out. It's not the time to see if he's the next unknown but great coach.