I said that earlier brought in from way outside for a reason. Bowler fail-safe, try him without a whole lot of pressure starting. Just hope his outward quietness on the bench was because he disagreed with what was going on
I could get behind that move,and as an idea for assistant coach would be former Spitfire Greg Nemisz, aside from being a former Spitfire on a couple Mem Cups,drafted by Calgary played NHL and AHL games,also assistant coach for 5 years with Oshawa Generals.
I agree on Nemisz to an extent. He's just not going to take interim though. He will/should want term on contract. With that if you give him term he should be able to hire his staff. This is why I thought Smith being named wasn't great. I am well aware that this situation isn't great. Keep Delmore and Torres bring Bowler behind the bench. Let Delmore and Torres make their salary. They're not making the playoffs you will have months to scope our prospective coaches. There isn't anyone you can bring behind the bench to save this. Since this was a rushed hire I can see Smith who has been here for over a decade that would have a contract the rolls over after every year. They shouldn't be on the hook for much but.... He's been on staff for 3 different coaches. I have a hard time that he was a good soldier this whole time and every coach just would hire him. Coaches are very confident have egos and want/need autonomy. They shouldn't just let management dictate who they should hire.
Somehow I doubt it,he was fired 7 games into this season and had a record of 5-2,wasn't let go because of his record,GM and he had disagreements,older guy with different ideas ie treatment of players etc is a red flag for me.
