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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
Hartley was probably the better coach, but Crisp won a cup. Hard to argue against a cup, bu I'm still going Hartley, partly because he won and deserved the Jack Adams, partly because I loved watching the team the way he coached them to play and partly because he made me laugh.
Hartley not only made the team successful beyond expectations, he made the team legitimately really fun to watch again. That season where they made it to the second round was the most fun season I can remember since 2004. As a fan, that counts for a lot to me.
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Hartley caught lightning in a bottle that one time, which for sure was fun as a fan. But it has to come with the caveat that the following season the book was out. His strategy looked really limited and unable to adapt. Watching players go for the stretch pass over and over and over in a losing effort was miserable.