I think what Dallas fans didn't like about Bowness was more of his comments during the regular season that the offense would take care of itself, or words to that effect. When they got early goals during the Calgary series, they would keep to their shell and not try to press for more, which irritated their fans.
If you look at the results, I'm not sure what more they could have expected from their roster. They made the playoffs and had a good showing. Sure, Oettinger's save percentage was the best, but Markstrom's was pretty high too. They created chances and Markstrom made some big saves.
Is some other coach going to come in and turn Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin into $9M+ players? After listening to Bowness in his exit interview, it seemed that he was at peace with not coming back.
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