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Originally Posted by Igottago
It doesn't really add up logically though. Why would they be okay with spending on player contracts, going after free agents, spending to the cap, but then hiring a more reputable coach is going to break their bank? I suppose it could be true, but it just doesn't make sense. Isn't the more likely scenario that Treliving just has his vision with what he wants in a coach, and none of them have worked out? I don't think ownership was behind him not interviewing several candidates etc. He seems to just think he knows what makes a good diamond in the rough coach and goes with that.
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I think they figure they have to spend to the cap. I also think they look at coaches and salaries, and success rates and have worked out that paying an expensive experienced guy (Babcock/McLelland/Julien) is no guarantee of success, and that relatively new faces (Cooper/Sullivan) have as good a chance of success.
Now with this team who seems to figure they can choose to play for a coach or not and have tuned out every coach they’ve had, the value in signing an expensive and experienced guy is that you are telling them they better get used to playing for the coach because it’s not him leaving if they don’t perform.