I don't understand how people are so able to write this guy off.
As I see it, here are the positives:
-over the past 4 seasons, his team has had the worst PDO (bad save % and bad shooting %) in the NHL and the second highest CF% in the NHL
-last season, in particular, the underlying numbers (CF%, FF%, SF%, SC%, HDSC%) were great
-has a great reputation in coaching circles and amongst media, even chose for World Cup of Hockey staff
-has done winning internationally and in CHL
-had done a great job at developing young defensemen
-defensive zone structure and structured break outs
As I see it, here are the negatives:
-has never made the playoffs as an NHL head coach(!!!)
-did not make it past the first round in the AHL playoffs
-his teams consistently had bad SH%, for whatever reason
-Commodore says Carolina's players tuned him out after four years and he is not fun to play with
-not as good at developing young forwards as developing young defensemen
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