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Originally Posted by habernac
I feel the same, but did he want the job long term? Not sure if I’m making that up in my head or I’m sort of remembering something if that makes sense.
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Coates would have stayed but got caught up in the ownership politics.
Riser was the seaman’s choice, Coates was hotchkiss’ guy and when Edwards came on board, he brought in Brenner above Coates, which didn’t work/last. With Edwards in control, at least you don’t have competing factions jockeying for control and disrupting plans, but the downside is there’s not a lot of checks on power.
The kick in the junk is that Coates was assembling a good core, only to have it torn down by Button. Coates finally got iggy a skilled c in savard who was dumped for a bag of picks. Acquired giguere who was given away for a second round pick that never played and was replaced by future hall of famer Roman Turek. Brought in Martin St Louis who was bought out by button and we know how that ended.
Surprised Coates didn’t get another GM job after the work he did here, especially acquiring Iginla after being put in a very tough spot.