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Originally Posted by GullFoss
I'm listening to the Elliott Friedman interview and he's basically saying Tre is likely to hire Peters because "(1) he likes him and (2) The prior relationship between the two means there's comfort and therefore Tre should hire who you know best, which is Peters"
How about instead, Tre and Burke do some ####ing research and get to know the top end coaches in AV and Sutter and see if perhaps they're better than Peters. You know how we know Sutter and AV are good - its because they've had incredible success with multiple teams.
The chain of logic Elliott is spouting to suggest Peters is beyond stupid. It's basically advocating Tre should look past the garbage track-record and lack of experience of Peters because he knows him. And it suggests Tre should basically discount the amazing track record and experience of AV and Sutter because he doesn't know them.
And if that's how the organization is thinking of this decision internally, it 100% explains the decades of garbage we've seen on the ice.
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This is the exact hyperbole that is making this thread unbearable. What I took from that interview is not Friedman "spouting" stupid logic about hiring someone you know. What I took from the interview is that Friedman said he understands Treliving's logic that if this is your last chance and your job probably depends on who you hire, most of us would probably go down swinging with someone we know, rather than someone we don't.
All available coaches have wrinkles....that's why they are unemployed. I don't blame Treliving for going this direction if he does and I am at least willing to give the Peters a chance. I hope some of you will join me in that, this could be quite the offseason and I am glad that GG is no longer part of it.
