Did anyone catch this short discussion about Geoff Ward's coaching between Eric Francis and Ryan Leslie on SN960:
Flames new bench boss brings refreshing style of coaching (It's the first link on the left side of the page.
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Originally Posted by Eric Francis
"This is a guy whose coaching philosophy revolves almost entirely around empowering the players; listening to the players; getting feedback from the players so they can move together as a unit. He said something to us yesterday that I've never heard from a coach in my life, which is this is their program, and he was referring to the players.
"I had never heard that before. In hockey and sports in general generally the coaches are—it's a dictatorship: they say "Jump," and you say "How high?" Now players are asking, "Why should I jump?" and he wants to have the answers."
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I like Geoff Ward.