Very good hiring by the Bruins, in my opinion....after last season, when they regressed instead of taking the big step forward that third-year teams should do, adding a coach of Habscheid's calibre gives some instant credibility to a franchise that is in danger of slipping into the "perpetual doormat" category if they don't turn it around. He's not a miracle worker and that team still needs some work in the talent department but at least they now have a coach who should be able to get the best returns out of the players they do have.
He is only the coach though, and if you believe the rumours around the WHL for the last couple years, Habscheid has failed to land any of the numerous WHL openings he has been considered for because he wanted the G.M. post too. Well, he didn't get the Chilliwack G.M. job and that's a bit strange since they actually don't have a G.M. right now anyway. Part-owner Darryl Porter is acting as the G.M. but he's not going to do that permanently. So why hire a coach which the eventual new G.M. is going to be saddled with whether he likes Habby or not? Why not just give Habscheid the G.M. job too....he has been around the league long enough, he should be qualified.
Oh well. It's a good move for the Bruins even if he is only the coach.
UPDATE: more and more reports are indicating now that Habscheid is going to be the G.M. as well as the coach. So, you can probably ignore the paragraph where I wondered why he WASN'T the GM.....
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I'm pretty sure he's the GM as well.
I've never seen someone more wrong than in this post. Of course it was the dual role. Why would Chilliwack hire a coach first and then a GM later? You're so quick to jump to conclusions at the expense of accuracy.
Hey, the reports I had read at the time said he was hired as the coach. They didn't mention the GM role. I thought it was odd that he wouldn't have been given the GM role too and that's basically what I said.
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