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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe

It is my belief that there are certain coaches that coach the game with an eye on the analytics. They want a possession type of game at all costs. It sounds good, but not every group can play that type of game. Babcock is the 'king' of this philosophy, but I argue he has always been a fairly mediocre coach who lucked his way onto the top team.


Also, don't bring up the fact that he got picked to coach Team Canada - know who was second in the running to coach? Brent Sutter when he joined the Flames. Yes, he was widely thought of as the 2nd best coach in Canada.


Give me a coach any day like Bob Johnson, Darryl Sutter and Bob Hartley. All three of these coaches have created systems according to the on-ice personnel, and all had exhaustive track records of making in-game decisions. I find it funny how Hartley in particular gets labelled as a terrible coach, when he was the only coach that actually won a playoff series. Won a cup too. He also won in every single damn league he has ever coached in. I get why he was fired - yes, he was way too harsh and difficult with the players personally, and I don't begrudge the Flames for moving on.

What do you think of Terry Crisp?