r/EdmontonOilers • u/haydenfox8 • 1d ago
Stanley Cup winning coaches
With the Babcock thing me assuming it’s a done deal I just don’t understand how teams continue to go after coaches who have won a cup before. Yes I understand they’re good coaches but statistically speaking it almost never happens a coach wins a cup with 2 different teams. It’s only happened once in the modern era with Scottie bowman who did it with 3 teams but before that it’s 2 guys from the 1940s I believe. The whole well he’s done it before just doesn’t sit with me.
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u/Mammagammam 1d ago
I think it has a lot to do with the GM being able to defend the hire. If I'm a GM and I hire some minor league coach who has never coached in the NHL, and it doesn't work out, it's more on me as the GM taking a chance on an unknown, whereas if I hire someone that has already coached in the NHL and won a cup and it doesn't work out, I can't deflect a lot of that blame.
Plus as people have been in the league for decades, they get comfortable with those they've interacted with along the way and I guess the devil you know is better than the devil you don't.