Captain Mountain
Formerly Captain Wolverine
- Jun 6, 2010
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Therrien is awful. Julien is good but his system isn't suitable for a team like the Habs. Coach Q doesn't speak French. Vigneault is good but he had his chance in Montreal too.
I never said that bilingual candidates are terrible, but I find it stupid that the Habs management would turn down Laviolette or Babcock or Sullivan because they don't speak French.
Therrien is bad. So are many other unilingual coaches. Julien is good. Coach Q is Franco-Ontarian and is absolutely bilingual. His French is pretty rusty, but its good enough for the purposes of stonewalling the media.
Also, Habs management didn't turn down Babcock. Sullivan was never on their radar because he isn't experienced and Laviolette because he coaches to aggressively.
And how many non bilingual coaches have won cups ?
Nobody is saying being bilingual is terrible.
The point is if you only hire bilingual coaches, your not choosing from the best candidates possible since your excluding all the unilingual candidates.
I think you're missing the point with the bolded there.
As for choosing from the best candidates, for one, the Habs have never ruled out nearly universally recognized top coaches even if they are unilingual. They weren't available. For another, the implication when you say "if you only hire bilingual coaches, your not choosing from the best candidates possible" means that the best candidates are all unilingual. That seems pretty damn hard to prove.