The Penguins made the big announcement they were moving on from Mike Sullivan on Monday and the franchise will be different moving forward as a result. It has been so long ago that it wasn’t Sullivan behind the bench that it’s almost difficult to imagine anyone else in charge. But time moves on, every coach is hired to be fired and all that other jazz; the Pens are looking for a new bench boss.
The obvious subject for this week’s Friday Polls piece is to wonder just who should be the next one to lead the Pens.
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The Penguins should hire:
- An experienced coach with a strong personality
- A young coach with fresh ideas
- No preference in this area
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My preferred coach for the Pens would be:
- Rick Tocchet
- David Carle
- David Quinn
- Jay Woodcroft
- John Tortorella
- Someone currently coaching in Europe
- Someone currently coaching in the AHL
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I expect the next Pens coach will do ___ compared to Mike Sullivan in the last few years
- Better
- About the same
- Worse
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The next Penguin coach will likely remain on the job for:
- 1-2 seasons
- 3-4 seasons
- 5+ seasons