us 679 part trois wrote:
Fair, but even if that was the case of NJ not being a good team, there were still better coach's.
Anyway, as you mentioned, he is easy to root for.
It's unfortunate that I have to root for him to fail being an Avs fan but what can ya do?
Poile is a mixed bag to me. IMO he puts way too much of a premium on grit, and he never really found what is, IMO, the most important ingredient to a Stanley Cup winner: A franchise center.
Don't get me wrong, he built a team from scratch that nearly won the Stanley Cup a couple years ago, so it's not like the man's an idiot, but I feel like he is, in some ways, his own worst enemy.
I also did not, and still don't like, the fact that he and the organization defended noted domestic abuser Austin Watson as if he were the aggrieved party, and I also didn't care much for his handling of the Mike Ribeiro situation, though that's more endemic of the entire NHL and sports culture in general.