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Speculation: Offseason coaching thread: Should they stay or should they go?

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On a positive coaching note. At least we didn’t rehire Bylsma…… reported he will be the new head coach of the Kraken.
 
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I think he’ll do OK there to be honest.

I was just looking at his resume and forgot how young and inexperienced he was when we first hired him. He didn’t even have a full season of head coaching experience under his belt, at any level. He’s still younger than most head coaches in the league, and I would hope he’s learned a bit over the past 5 years. .715 record in 2 years with Coachella. Ignoring everything prior to that, he’d certainly have been on a lot of teams radars for coaching openings. And “prior to that” includes a Cup and a Jack Adams.

Cassidy had to almost reinvent himself from a looser, player-friendly coach to a defensive tactician over almost like a decade out of the NHL job. When he was fired in Washington basically every single player threw him under the bus. Bylsma doesn’t need all *that* but if he can still be the same personality-wise while being a bit more capable of, like, coaching the game as it’s happening he’ll be good.

And Sullivan too was probably thrown into the NHL too early and had to go back and do his 6 year apprenticeship under Torts.
 
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The Pens and the Lightning are locked in an intense battle to see which coach gets fired first.

Neither one wants to blink.
 
Jacob said:
I think he’ll do OK there to be honest.

I was just looking at his resume and forgot how young and inexperienced he was when we first hired him. He didn’t even have a full season of head coaching experience under his belt, at any level. He’s still younger than most head coaches in the league, and I would hope he’s learned a bit over the past 5 years. .715 record in 2 years with Coachella. Ignoring everything prior to that, he’d certainly have been on a lot of teams radars for coaching openings. And “prior to that” includes a Cup and a Jack Adams.

Cassidy had to almost reinvent himself from a looser, player-friendly coach to a defensive tactician over almost like a decade out of the NHL job. When he was fired in Washington basically every single player threw him under the bus. Bylsma doesn’t need all *that* but if he can still be the same personality-wise while being a bit more capable of, like, coaching the game as it’s happening he’ll be good.

And Sullivan too was probably thrown into the NHL too early and had to go back and do his 6 year apprenticeship under Torts.
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Bylsma has come out and said he was too stubborn in Buffalo and Pittsburgh and has learned from those experiences there isn't "one way" to play.
 
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Gurglesons said:
Bylsma has come out and said he was too stubborn in Buffalo and Pittsburgh and has learned from those experiences there isn't "one way" to play.
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Much like with Sullivan, when you have success right off the bat at a new job, you think it's because of you.

Maybe Bylsma has learned, but we know Sullivan hasn't.
 
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Gurglesons said:
It's pretty obvious by the end of the year comments that he won't.
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He's got no reason to change. Multiple GMs and owners, as well as the media and fanbase, adore the guy--loudly. He's had nothing but unearned positive reinforcement since 2018. :laugh:

Probably gonna take a humiliating tumble like Bylsma's been through to awaken any iota of humble Sullivan's got.
 
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Much like with Sullivan, when you have success right off the bat at a new job, you think it's because of you.

Maybe Bylsma has learned, but we know Sullivan hasn't.
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It's weird because Bylsma always came off as a prick.

Mike Sullivan was such a breath of fresh air for his first few years. I even believed in his usage of Sprong.
 
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