Rumor: Spott to be promoted, DJ Smith will be Marlies coach

[Coaches Coroner]

LOL.

So basically we had the story completely wrong.

Which is par for the course.

 

[Tyler Biggs*]

Ohh DJ Smith, a fringe NHLer at best.

I'm so ****ing excited. The cup is surely ours.

Playing career means little when it comes to aptitude in management or coaching.

 

[Joey Hoser]

Playing career means little when it comes to aptitude in management or coaching.

No kidding. How many former NHL stars are coaching right now?

 

[Duke Silver]

Inexcusable that this thread is still open.

 

[ShortSideFlick]

Wayne Gretzky, Greatest player of all-time = awful coach

Scotty Bowman, awful player = best coach of all time

It's weird how things like that work out.

Also, by this logic I would like to bring Lebda & Aki Berg into the front office and to be the Leafs assistant coaches next year.

Guys who were fringe and/or depth players tend to get to the show based on boatloads of effort and intangibles more so than skill. Really shouldn't be surprising they can often make good head coaches.

 

[Warden of the North]

Well, the DJ Smith rumour is clearly false. I think we'll close this and take discussion about Spott to the assistant coaches thread.