Craig MacTavish
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And a lot of great athletes, and Ryan Smith had great eyes, too, on the golf course.
He never, ever lost a ball.
But a lot of great athletes have superior eyesight, and Tiger definitely was.
I had cataract surgery, and it's better now, but still my eyes are not.
I can't find my golf ball.
suffered as the GM when I was coaching.
It was I mean, I had a lake place in Kelowna, which I'd go out there for all too long.
We didn't have lengthy playoff runs except for the one.
But
You know, yeah, as a manager, it's, you know, 24-7, 365 days of the year.
It's not as busy being the manager during the season as it is the coach, but as a coach, it ends.
Like, they are โ Well, you have to.
And, I mean, you hear candidates coming out of Toronto and so forth that are going to be the next GM and the next president or both in Toronto.
And I think โ
You know, obviously you need the experience going into a job like that, but you have to be prepared to put everything else on the back burner and solely focus on that job, and you have to work.
And it's tireless.
And I think Stevie Stahels is of that ilk, and I think he works hard.
Yeah, and they're going to be dangerous.
I mean, teams that push that hard to get in at the end are really dialed in once the playoffs start.
And they're going to come in on the, you know, first or second wild card.