Quinn hasn’t done anything to earn that contract is the issue. Hasn’t won anything. Hasn’t proven anything.
Got a monster contract because we missed out on the guy we actually wanted and we had TO overpay because he didn’t even want to really come here.
If everyone is cool with a nobody dictating his terms or F off to the New York Rangers then fine
We will have to wait and see how he does here, its all that matters.
Gorton cannot afford any huge swings and misses, his position is too important. Think that is the biggest difference between sitting on the sideline compared to actually being in charge. We can put a finger in the air and get it right, Gorton cannot get things wrong. Once you start digging that hole in this league it just become so tremendously hard to get out of.
It sounds fancy, the talk about getting a developer, someone who can teach the kids. But how many hours does a college coach spend with his team per week? And what is the same number in the NHL? And how much of that NHL time is like
morning skates before games? I am not sure if practice time is capped in the NHL under the CBA, but there is still not much room.
Its not hard to find coaches that have been very short lived in their first shot at the NHL, for a reason. There isn't much patience. The NHL is not a development league. Just like every other coach -- people will have huuge issues with Quinn unless he gets splendid results from the get go. We all know that we will see tons of posts starting with "I am fine with a rebuild, but...". The media will be the same.
In the end, I don't think the results necessary is what matters. But you don't want him to create a mess.