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Originally Posted by Jacks
I think it's the opposite. Anytime the organization was hiring a coach, and people brought up big names, several people have chimed in to say that those coaches may not be willing to come here. I don't think anyone has said Calgary is a top coaching destination. That being said there are only 32 NHL coaching jobs and good coaches are currently unemployed so they would really have to hate Canada to not consider the job. Also, it's been widely reported that Treliving didn't even contact any other candidates when he hired Peters.
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Fair enough...the 'not interviewing anyone else' thing always bothered me, but this last time around we don't really know what the delay was in announcing Ward do we? Hard to believe there wasn't at least some due diligence and consideration into bringing in another coach, but would the grass really be greener? Hard to say. I personally would have liked to see an experienced hard-ass to get this roster to reach its full potential but hell at this point I don't even know if that would have truly made a lasting difference.