I think Ward was capable after Peters was let go but issue I have with him moving to full time coach was that I didn't hear much about them talking with Gallant or Boudreau. Were they available? Did they have interest? If so, that's on Treliving. Ward isn't as terrible as many are thinking but better options with those 2 coaches IMO.
It's also a big jump going from assistant coach to head coach as we've seen with Playfair and Gulutzun. After being good assistant coaches they had brief failed runs as head coach then eventually went back to being good assistant coaches.
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