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Finding Hemingway
It would be more interesting if we actually knew who was ever on a DND list throughout history, and how that turned out. I'd bet theres no shortage of WTF on those lists. They might spot a problem case once in awhile, but they might exclude a ringer once in a while.
Going back to the Pulju draft did guys like Tkachuk, Debrincat go lower because somebody might have been concerned the players had attitude? (subjective)
The Burke Yak thing is interesting, but its a case of a person arriving at the correct answer after doing the wrong arithmetic. Yak turned out to be a bad pick, but not because he would talk about himself at all or would deflect or defer on bad questions. McD, Broberg, Nurse, all come off with confidence. They should be. That should hardly be considered a flag or that those guys might reflect on personal, vs Team accomplishment. Why wouldn't they?
Burke voiced basically a projected view. Because he thinks, after a life in hockey, that team is more important than individuals he projects that on 17yr old kids who are unlikely to have the same view, or maturity, at that age.
Thus there could be wrong answers to silly questions. How much does that really mean.
Interviews, as a rule, do a poor job assessing ideal candidates. No lack of Scientific studies indicate that interviews are very poor at differentiating candidates. Interviews are classic projection. Interviews don't work. Its an outdated concept that just never dies.
MacTavish met with Eakins years ago, looking for an assistant coach, and blew a gasket hiring the idiot as a HEAD COACH. I'll never forget either a red flag moment. That MacT was stating he was so impressed with the guy because he thinks and responded just like MacT. MacT felt he was interviewing himself. This is a flag, and its one that HR that screen people are aware of, and look out for. Just because a person charms you the most, or is most like you, doesn't mean anything as far as their ability to do a job. It just means you like them. Until you don't.
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