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do mediocre coaches often win three stanley cups in six years with one legitimate top six center?It is quite obvious that Q inherited a stacked team and he was only as good as the roster.
do mediocre coaches often win three stanley cups in six years with one legitimate top six center?It is quite obvious that Q inherited a stacked team and he was only as good as the roster.
Yeah, blah blah blah. Whatever makes you feel better about yourself I guess. How many coaches in the modern era (salary cap era) have won 3 Cups? NONE! There have been plenty of stacked teams in this era, (including Babcock coached teams) and how many do they have? Chicago did win, that's what matters. Ask the players how they feel about Q, and you'll get the answer you don't like.It is quite obvious that Q inherited a stacked team and he was only as good as the roster. Once the inevitable occurred and the roster weakened, Q was exposed as the average coach that he is. I get a chuckle when he is mentioned with the greats like Scotty, Irvin, Arbor..... so yeah, Panthers would have been better off retaining Gallant, IMO.
Yeah, blah blah blah. Whatever makes you feel better about yourself I guess. How many coaches in the modern era (salary cap era) have won 3 Cups? NONE! There have been plenty of stacked teams in this era, (including Babcock coached teams) and how many do they have? Chicago did win, that's what matters. Ask the players how they feel about Q, and you'll get the answer you don't like.
I mean, yeah..Marian Hossa: Why Joel Quenneville was my favorite coach everYou mean like Marian Hossa for example?
I think there is a difference between mediocre and overrated. I do not think Q was a mediocre coach, he was typically ahead of the curve on icing the best matchups and did a wonderful job with putting an emphasis on skill over grit and truculence when this core was formed. He saw the skill we had and made it work into a system instead of trying to force players into roles they were not comfortable with. Over time did he get stale and actually lose a few steps? Yep, but he wasn't mediocre at all, just ran his course here and likely will do well in Florida with a new group of players and a year off to rejuvenate..
If 3 Cups didn't do it, nothing else is.Nobody is changing anybody’s mind about Q. Waste of time and energy.
Is the Hoffman rumor still a thing ... or I guess the pertinent question would be was the Hoffman rumor ever
really a thing?
Its Eklund so it never was lolIs the Hoffman rumor still a thing ... or I guess the pertinent question would be was the Hoffman rumor ever really a thing?
Nobody is changing anybody’s mind about Q. Waste of time and energy.
I don’t ever want the “anyone could’ve coached those Hawks teams to a Cup” mantra to gain any traction. Q was a great coach for a while here so I have no problem defending him until I’m blue in the face