re bowman needs credit in article fq vru wbna l pi andrew cmu edu matthew t keating mk andrew cmu edu writes during the first three games of the pens devils series i have been impressed time and time again by the pure talent of the pens jagr maceachern and barrasso have been especially fun to watch but one element of this team which goes unnoticed seems to be scotty bowman bowman is in the hockey hall of fame as a coach already and unlike gil stein he didn t get their by stacking the board of directors while no one can replace the genius and optimism of badger bob johnson bowman in his own way has made himself a permanent though not clearly seen mark in pittsburgh bowman is the genius johnson isn t bowman is a great coach johnson a very good one however bowman is really not a modern coach and patrick s solution of having him only run the team on game days and delegate most of the day to day responsibity to the assistants is a shrewd managerial decision on patrick s part gerald
