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A Look At Ron Wilson
by Paul on 11/07/08 at 07:04 AM ET
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from Stephen Brunt of the Globe and Mail,
Wilson is a modernist, in the way he applies technology and statistical analysis to the game of hockey, and he is a traditionalist, in the way he believes his players ought to feel a special responsibility donning the uniform.
He does not suffer fools, he is expansive in conversation, he is confident of being the smartest guy in most rooms (or at very least, dressing rooms), he has won more than 500 games in a sport where anyone resembling an egghead is met with a degree of suspicion, he has taken one team to the Stanley Cup final and been fired three times.
And Wilson talks in a way the Toronto sports crowd is still trying to process.
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OK,
so who was it?
Crazy Horse or Geronimo?
“And then he probably told them a story. Wilson is known for that. Back in 1998, when he coached the Washington Capitals all the way to the Stanley Cup final, a documentary crew captured one of his dressing room speeches, in which he made reference to the Sioux chief Crazy HorseApache warrior Geronimo, and his pronouncement in the face of long odds that, “It’s a good day to die.” (No miracles were worked; the Caps were swept by the Detroit Red Wings.) ”
Posted by w2j2 on 11/07/08 at 09:52 AM ET