2023-24 Bill LaForge Trophy (Worst Coach)

[cptjeff]

In all due respect to Bill Laforge(who has actually won a championship), think this award needs to be renamed the Peter Horachek award. Best coach you can hire if you want to tank for the #1 pick in the draft.

Then there's this classic. (Use your browser's reader mode to get around the paywall).

With one brush of his newly recovered powers Thursday, general manager Paul Holmgren did more to unify the Whalers than anybody in recent team history. Holmgren fired coach Pierre McGuire after six months. It was more than a great idea. It was justice.​