Consider Dave Hakstol’s face. It is a fine face – dark eyes, narrowing chin, smooth skin weathered just enough that he is boyish but not overly so. If he told you he was 49, which he is, you would not be surprised, but you would still say he looks good for his age. He has that blond-streaked hair, with that off-center part, that makes him resemble the actor Matthew Modine. As faces go, you’d take Dave Hakstol’s, which is why it’s strange that his face is such an abundant source of criticism for the Flyers coach.
It’s not what’s on Hakstol’s face that is the problem.