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Originally Posted by CanucksWorstNightmare
All you guys bashing the idea of Willie being one of the assistant coaches have no idea what this guy is all about.The Calgary Flames would be darn lucky to have a guy like him behind the bench.Look at the team he had to work with in Vancouver you cant judge him based off of that.Even with Babcock or Quenneville behind the bench that team would have missed the playoffs.Willie is a legend in Med Hat where he coached the Tigers for many years.He made the Tigers a contender year after year and ever since he left the team has been in a downward spiral.He took the Tigers to the memorial cup and then won a Calder Cup with the Texas Stars.Ask any Medicine Hat Tiger fan and they will have nothing but good to say about him.If the Flames hired him as an assistant coach I would be absolutely over the moon and will just about guarantee the Flames will be back in the playoffs next year. Treliving will be an absolute genus if he brings Willie to Calgary,PLEASE MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!!!
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Willie is awesome, but the Tigers haven't been in a downward spiral since he left. They've made the playoffs 7 out of 8 seasons since Clouston took over, and just won the division for the second straight year despite losing 7 of their top 9 scorers from the year before. They've also only lost in the first round once out of the 7 years they've made the playoffs. Willie won the whole enchilada twice in the 8 years he was running the Tigers, so that's a tough act to follow, but Clouston has done just fine IMO.
But yeah Willie is awesome and if the Flames hire him as an assistant, I am at least willing to see how it plays out before jumping off a bridge like some here are already appear to be doing.