Ah youth, sometimes I feel so old being one of those unfortunate enough to have followed this team since game one. Of the 19 men who have been head coaches of this sorry franchise only NINE of them ever coached in the NHL again and three of those (Willie D, Harry Neale and Billy McCreary) didn't last even one more season before being consigned to the trash heap of hockey history. This town is NOT a place for career advancement as a hockey coach.
This is one of the worst posts I've ever seen here, and that's saying a lot.
Every coach we've had since 1991 has quickly received other opportunities elsewhere save for Rick Ley, who had a long career as an assistant after leaving here. Most have gone on to bigger and better things aside from Keenan who was a lunatic (but received 3 other jobs and was still coaching in the NHL a decade later) and Desjardins who is an incompetent moron.
But sure, the fact that Orland Kurtenbach and Phil Maloney didn't coach again after being fired in the 1970s means this city isn't a good place to coach. Jesus.