They hired the coach who knows more about the inner workings and capabilities of each player on the roster than any other available candidate. Relationship building and mutual trust between coach and player is what makes a good to great coach in this era. The coach’s leadership when communicated properly and accepted and spread by the players to each other is what builds a winner.
Fans have no accurate assessment of his leadership skills because we do not see or hear his day to day interaction with the players off the ice or on the bench. Based on a few players reactions to the hiring , Ward seems to be well respected.
Treliving weighed the other options and was sold on Ward and his ability to lead the team to success. You either trust in his decision or not, but certainly you can see his rationale in hiring him. He didn’t want to start from scratch when he believed he had a strong leader who knows the players and what makes them tick.
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