When it comes to coaching rants and their effectiveness, hindsight is always 20/20. If your team wins, you’re a genius. If your team loses, you come off like panicky whiner who had to resort to certain types of off-ice antics.
How will history look at Jon Cooper of the Tampa Bay Lightning? It depends if his argument calling Detroit a bunch of cheaters actually does anything in Monday’s Game 6. Detroit has a 3-2 lead and can clinch at home.
Per the Tampa Bay Times, the Coop is up to some sort of lawyering Jedi type mind trick.