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Adam wrote on Mon, 10 June 2013 14:24 |
CrusaderPi wrote on Mon, 10 June 2013 13:51 | I've got to stop listening to these things. Too many things happen that make me mad.
I don't like that this seems to have been decided on the fly.
I also don't like that the first thing Eakins talked about is "time" and "character".
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MacTavish was part of the three-headed interview monster that decided the Ralph Krueger was the best choice a year ago, over Tom Renney, Brent Sutter, Jon Cooper and others.
Then he hung out with MacTavish a lot this spring, they decided they needed an associate coach. They interviewed Paul Maurice and Rick Bowness, then sometime in the last 10 or so days they offer Bowness the associate position under Krueger. Bowness declines and goes to Tampa, MacTavish interviews Eakins, decides he philosophically differs with Krueger, agrees in principle on a deal with Eakins, then fires Krueger, then signs Eakins.
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I don't get the impression MacTavish was ever that high on Krueger. I think he was at best lukewarm. He kept it professional, but whenever he was asked about him, it seemed calculated and careful rather than candid. I could be wrong, but I just get that feeling.
Do we know that Bowness was given an offer? I read that somewhere, but I thought it was only one place and wasn't really substantiated or confirmed.
I still am under the impression that the last few days were more about being pro-Eakins than anti-Krueger.
EDIT: I will add that there are things that seem weird and the timeline seems a little strange. Like Mars mentioned, odd that Krueger wasn't involved in this process but Lowe and Howson were. There's things that don't line up well. But at the end of the day, I think Eakins could be a better a coach for this club than Krueger was. And at the end of the day, I think that makes this a good move.
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