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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
Sure, he could learn how they planned to right the ship.
Lots of elements to the conversation as well.
How to get the most out of star players. How they manage to fight through the doldrums when they have those painful stretches.
“Hey Darryl, what was the key to winning the Stanley Cup? How do you think you could bring that perspective to make Calgary a winning team?”
Until Treliving has won a Cup, he doesn’t know firsthand what it takes to win a Cup.
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You guys honestly don’t think this sort of stuff is a secret? That these guys don’t have these conversations? Don’t go to clinics with each other and run in similar circles and that any of this is a closely guarded secret?
Again, it’s not an interview where these things are a surprise. How many people here know how Daryl works the media after a big win and after a big loss? How many here know how Daryl runs his team, how he sets them up for success?
If you’ve been paying attention, I’m betting a lot, and that’s from the perspective of a fan. Now imagine being in a league for 10 years where he’s one of the 30 guys doing a job. You don’t think you’d get an even better perspective?
Like, I get maybe there will be some high level platitude you might learn, but the grits and gravy is laid bare, these aren’t mystery boxes.
Again, I get it if we’re talking about a coach who is coming in from college or junior or the AHL, sure, but history is littered with coaches coming in without a big interview process, because most GMs know what they’re building, have an idea of what they need to support that, and go out and get it. If that don’t think the 95% of what they know about a guy is a fit, they’re not going to sit down to clear up the 5%.