re bowman needs credit gerald olchowy golchowy alchemy chem utoronto ca wrote 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 imho bowman is the perfect coach for this group of players at this time johnson was the perfect coach two years ago for his group of players i would say we have been very lucky here in pittsburgh that the order these coaches came in was this one excluding the unfortunate circumstances which brought about the change with the immense talent on the penguins roster this year a tougher bowman keeps the egos in check johnson on the other hand was able to inspire the younger inexperienced players to new heights both coaches have had different strengths both of which came at exactly the right time another person also mentioned that bowman is the perfect coach for this time since nobody can argue with his decisions how can you argue with the coach with the best record in hockey anyway playing for a great coach like that demands respect which also keeps the egos in check just a couple of ideas tom huot huot cray com
