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Originally Posted by transplant99
Nonsense.
Its just as often because you cant change 20 guys and its much easier to change one guy.
Is Laviolette a good coach? Cause he got fired multiple times. His team is not going well right now...is it because he forgot how to coach or is it just maybe something to do with personnel?
Hell Scotty Bowman was fired multiple times...must be because he is a bad coach.
How about Gallant? Hes been fired multiple times. Some want him in Calgary? Why? Because according to your logic he is a bad coach after being fired over and over....right?
Boudreau...fired 3 times now!! 3 times as bad a coach.
All I am saying is that this group has clearly proven a tough bunch to get any consistency out of and to blame Ward for all that is just lazy and unfair. Every guy who has had them has found out the same thing.
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Sure they are a tough bunch to coach but they have never been coached by a top level coach, ever and it's not even close. Peters was an average coach when hired and he's the best they have had. Plenty of good teams are difficult to coach. The Penguins were floundering for some time until they made the change to Sullivan to which the switch flipped and they won back to back cups. Flyers were a .500 team forever but under AV they instantly became a .600 club. As you said you can't change the 20 guys and it's clear the current head coach is not a top NHL head coach so if you are happy with mediocrity you enjoy Jeff Ward hockey.