Details unveil just how close the Blackhawks were to securing the top coach available on the market
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A recent report unveiled details on just how close the Chicago Blackhawks were to securing one of the top coaches available on the market.
The Chicago Blackhawks officially hired Jeff Blashill to fill the head coaching position, a few months ahead of what could be a breakout season for the franchise.
After many years of struggling, their young talented prospects seem finally ready to have an impact in the NHL, and management believed that Blashill was the right man to lead the team to the promised land.
This could be a costly mistake, but we just found out a secret from a Blackhawks team reporter on a failed aquisition of the top coach on the market, that Davidson could not secure.
General Manager Kyle Davidson shared comments in an official statement:
"Jeff is an incredibly smart and talented coach who boasts more than 25 years of coaching experience across developmental leagues, the NHL and the world stage. He's thrived when in a position to develop young players and has shown he's capable of blending that into overall team success, a vision and philosophy we share for where we are today and where we see our team in the future. We couldn't be more excited for what's to come under Jeff's direction."
In a new development, we learned just how close the Hawks were to hiring someone else, one of the best coaches in the business.
Indeed, while Elliotte Friedman confirmed that David Carle was considered for the job a few weeks ago, the NCAA champion decided to withdraw from consideration for the job:
A new detail emerged that suggests the Hawks were very close to hiring him: he even met with Chicago realtors to purchase housing.
This is clearly his kept secret, as he revealed they thought newest head coach hiring Jeff Blashill was their best option; but clearly he was their second.
"The one thing that Carle could do is he could say, look, I could coach at Denver for eleventy billion years. I've got a young family. I've got a great situation. I can comfortably live for a long time. If I'm coming out of here, somebody's going to have to make it worth my while.
I just don't understand how after this, somebody isn't going to make it worth his while because you could say that's juniors, coaching NHL players is going to be a bit different. The NHL players watch this tournament. They know who can coach. They know who can't coach. They're going to look at this guy and they're going to say this guy can coach.
There are a lot of players who come out of Denver or play against Denver who are now in the NHL. They're going to look at this guy and they're going to say he can coach."
I just don't understand how after this, somebody isn't going to make it worth his while because you could say that's juniors, coaching NHL players is going to be a bit different. The NHL players watch this tournament. They know who can coach. They know who can't coach. They're going to look at this guy and they're going to say this guy can coach.
There are a lot of players who come out of Denver or play against Denver who are now in the NHL. They're going to look at this guy and they're going to say he can coach."
More to come.
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MAI 24 | 266 ANSWERS Details unveil just how close the Blackhawks were to securing the top coach available on the market Do you think the Chicago Blackhawks made a mistake by hiring Jeff Blashil as head coach? | ||
| Yes | 154 | 57.9 % |
| No | 112 | 42.1 % |
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