Peter Laviolette
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 17 Jun
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And so at that point, when I talked to Jim Rutherford, and I was young in the league, I didn't have a list of names, and it's mid-season, so I didn't really know what to do.
He said, there's a couple of good guys here in Kevin McCarthy and Jeff Daniels.
you know, if you consider taking them on at the end of the year, if you don't like them, we can talk about a change at that point.
And I think Jim knew what kind of a person Jeff Daniels was, and he knew what kind of a person Kevin McCarthy was.
And I think Jeff was a little bit more risky at the time because he hadn't coached, but Kevin had coached a lot of games and had already been to the finals, I think, with Carolina.
And so I took him on.
And that's not a bad thing.
Kevin McCarthy stayed with me for 20 years, like 20 years as an assistant coach and just an amazing human being and an amazing coach.
And then Jeff Daniels turns out to be a pretty –
pretty damn good coach like he you know he's he's now he's not that guy that hadn't coached he's actually somebody who's been to the playoffs multiple times has been to the championship level multiple times and has proven to be a really good coach and so I don't think that that really matters but you know for me this time around when I was talking to Ken he said you know you it's it's your staff and and you can I've been talking to the coaches that were in place or that were there and um
Yeah, I think for the most part, Jeff, the coach has a heavy when it comes to those things, like who's going to be the number one center, who's those those decisions, I think, are the coaches.
But, you know, just like a general manager, you know, when he goes to sign a free agent or he goes to make a trade.
My dealings have always there's always been some sort of communication, some more than others.
And that depends on the general manager.
I always feel like it works best when you're just communicating and going back the other way with that as well.
You know that you're.
that you're communicating with the general manager or the assistant general manager or the other coaches, whatever it might be.
I feel like that's really important, and that's the best way to establish a good working relationship inside of an organization.
So there's some things that I would want to do.
But, you know, in talking with Ken in the conversations, he's like, you know, this is your system, this is your staff, you put it together.
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