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Originally Posted by TOfan
Sure. We can question his selections, I won’t argue that, but I can also understand his thought process behind each one. It’s not like he hired his buddy who has been coaching junior B for the last decade.
Honestly, what would have been the reaction if Treliving hired rookie head coach Jarrod Bednar, or recycled coach Craig Berube?
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If anything, Treliving was going the way of a number of successful teams like Boston, TB, Pitt, who all went with guys with pretty limited NHL HC experience ( admittedly their minor or junior success was better than Ward or GG). And there were plenty of people even here who chanted “no retreads” at the time of the GG hire especially.
I think with the players’ commitment in question he had to go with a big name and boy did he ever.