Real talk. Especially when most of those type guys cant even do their jobs anyway (VDV,PEB).
We should hire that guy from Finland who coached their junior team. Certainly a left field choice but I'd rather dip into the international talent that's completely untapped over there rather than grab a retread
The Maple Leafs have Babcock as their coach & still have two potential up-comers in Sheldon Keefe (AHL HC) & DJ Smith (NHL AC) in their organization. Both guys are young being under 40 & have quickly moved their way through the ranks. Keefe coached Sault Ste. Marie & Smith coached Oshawa in the OHL prior to this where both had a lot of success.
These are types of hires I want to see. Maybe they don't work but I rather take a chance on guys like that then Scott Gordon, Riley Cote, Gord Murphy, Ian Laperriere, etc.
It's not just overseas there's good personnel here in North America that don't get a chance because they're not apart of the old boys network. Only some of those guys get a chance & a guy like Jon Cooper proves that maybe they should give these guys more of a shot than just bringing some retread who's only getting jobs because of who he is at that point.