Either that or he is not being 100% honest. Perhaps he has learned that sometimes he should not say the whole truth to the media to avoid creating uncertainty around the team. As he did with his statements about who was available and who was not on the team.
If Joe Sakic didn't have 100% confidence in Jared Bednar, he would have fired him this past summer.
- The team had a historically bad season, a season not seen in 20 years
- The entire team quit on him by November
- Multiple players had career worst or near-career worst seasons
- He treated veteran, respected players like complete trash. Even if some of them were done or near done, you don't treat players like Iginla, McLeod, Soderberg etc the way he has/did.
That is enough for a GOOD coach to get fired. That is enough for a coach with actual NHL experience who has had success to be fired. But it is not enough for Jared Bednar to be fired? Joe Sakic has 100% faith in this man, and I hope it costs Joe Sakic his job.