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Originally Posted by GioforPM
As I’ve said, I have no thoughts Ward is a great coach. But it’s hard to say it was a bad idea to re-up him given he salvaged the season last year, won the play-in and should have won the first round but for a defence and goaltending let down (which some blame on him). And he could have turned out fine based on his winning record.
The thing is, a whole bunch of posters here, if they were fans of Tampa or Pittsburgh or Boston or St. Louis, would have complained when their coaches were hired, because those teams didn’t go for a top coach.
As it turns out I don’t think he’s great, or terrible. I have my doubts a different coach equals a whole lot more wins.
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If the team struggles to start, play a full 60 minutes or make adjustments almost every single game, no one cares if it's a rookie coach or the longest serving coach in NHL history.
We just want to see obvious efforts to correct those things.
Yes most people believe an experienced coach is most likely to correct those but we'd also be just as happy if a rookie coach showed up and showed they had that tool.
Fact is we don't have that coach, and that's what matters.