Winning is going to be difficult right away, and that might not be his fault.
The Pittsburgh Penguins raised some eyebrows on Wednesday afternoon when they officially hired former New York Rangers assistant coach Dan Muse to be their newest head coach. Muse’s name had only been mentioned briefly over the past few weeks and he was never really listed as one of the top favorites for the job. At least not to the level that somebody, like, say, Mitch Love was.
Now that he is the newest head coach for the Penguins, it is worth asking what the expectation is for him and what it would take for him to be considered a successful hire.