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Originally Posted by dino7c
"coach of the YEAR"
anyway the point I was making is that lots of people in the hockey world thought Peters was a top tier coach that just had a bad roster in Carolina. Its not like BT went off the board...Guy was coaching team Canada at the worlds when hired.
Obviously hindsight you don't hire him again I just don't like the narrative that they cheaped out or smartest guy in the room ect.
Also, the great coaches everyone wants were all fired for a reason...Go look at Boudreau's playoff record
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It's easier to judge 'coach of the YEAR' when you compare his year over year results against each other. Awarding the guy whose team happened to improve the most that one year usually after one year on the job indicates to me that it might be the most pointless trophy ever.
Disagree that Peters was thought of as top tier throughout the hockey world. Maybe hockey canada though I don't think much of that brain trust personally. These are the same people that had a high opinion of Bob Nicholson for some reason. You know, that lump that Edmonton hired?
As far as Peters goes, that luster had mostly worn off after 3 or 4 mediocre years with a young building team. 3 or 4 years is enough time to build a promising team, the fact that BP couldn't do that in Carolina said enough to me. I personally thought he was given a lot of underserved credibility for being mike Babcock's assistant.