PuckUpdate: We Report, They Ignore

01.14.2003 | Author: Steven Ovadia | Posted in Thrashers

OK. You have my permission to start ignoring me. Yesterday I reported that Bob Hartley isn’t going to the Thrashers (although, to be more specific, I reported what the hometown Atlanta Journal-Constitution was saying).
Today I’m proud to report former Avalanche coach Bob Hartley is the new coach of the Atlanta Thrashers.
You know. Unless he isn’t.
Thrasher GM Don Waddell, who denied he was hiring Hartley Saturday, was still trying to narrow down his choices Sunday. Philadelphia scout Terry Murray was also under consideration, as was a third, unnamed party.
Harley brought home a Cup for Colorado, but he has no other real NHL coaching experience. And let’s be honest — Colorado wasn’t the hardest team to win with. Add to the equation Colorado’s clever and hands-on GM, Pierre Lacroix, and you have to wonder why Hartley would ever take a job with a fixer-upper like Atlanta. No players, no support. He’s really putting himself out there.
(Maybe Hartley started work early: Atlanta beat Philadelphia 7-4.)

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