I'm not sure I buy into the Cassidy was outcoached theory. Fact is, the Bruins were
outmatched by Tampa's talent, not outcoached. I think we're also going to find out that there are several B's who were/are nursing more than the typical late season/playoff type injuries down the stretch.
That said, the outcoached thing never really resonates with me unless you can cite stuff like this:
Hail to the Chief: How Brad Stevens Has Stopped the Sixers
That's concrete stuff there. I don't see that being applicable to anything Jon Cooper or Guy Boucher did:
Jon Cooper had a sound strategy:
Score first
Clog up the neutral zone
Sit on the lead
Kinda sounds like what Guy Boucher's entire system is all about to me. That's not exactly what I'd consider outcoaching anyone. Smart, but not exactly rocket surgery.
If that were true then we'd also have to say that Cassidy outcoached Mike Babcock (who's strategy was faith based: Pray for breakaways and for Freddie Andersen to stop something)