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Originally Posted by tkflames
I agree with the psychology arguement but disagree with the sentiment on average goalies. The best coaches are all mediocre players (Berube, Sutter,...). The best players have been terrible coaches (see Gretzky for example). Always found those peculiar and suspect it has something to do with natural talents having to spend less time on the mechanics of how to be successful. It comes to them more natural - they don't have to disect it the same way. A mediocre player is in or out of the NHL depending on whether he can break skills into subtasks that can be practiced through hard work and therefore better explained??? It's a theory...not necessarily a fact for the cause...but the trend is definitely real...
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Two goalie coaches that Flames fans want:
Mitch Korn: Played Junior and College. Never played in the NHL. Not elite.
Ian Clark: Played in the BCJHL. Never played in the NHL. Not elite.
Like you said, some of best coaches were mediocre players and some of the best players were mediocre coaches. Kipper could decide to take the goalie coaching job and not make any improvement.
Some people are just better at seeing the game than they were playing it.