Therrien simply is not a very intelligent man. I am around alot of prominent hockey people and I can assure you that this is not uncommon. So many of them regurgitate mindless truisms and lack critical thinking and reasoning skills. He is over his head in the NHL and should really be coaching AAA minor bantam hockey.
Times are changing and the dinosaurs are fading.
Seriously would you trust your pre-adolescent kid to him?