Mike Babcock
?Sometimes we get way too caught up talking about structure and systems and all that, but it?s just that players are better. I had that same structure on my team and we finished dead last last year and I was the worst coach in the National Hockey League, if I remember correctly.?
Echoing what Nik said a year or so ago (repeatedly) about talent being what takes a team to the top, in response to my theory that coaching and systems can raise the team bar and overcome a dearth in talent.
True as that is, Babcock is underselling himself here because we've seen bad coaching tank good talent too. For all his quirks and minor flaw of sometimes sticking with odd choices, he really knows how to bring a team together and operate efficiently as a unit.