Given the power of a coach’s challenge starting this season, Bob Hartley went to an expert about handling it.
Right before training camp, the Calgary Flames bench boss asked Calgary Stampeders GM/head coach John Hufnagel to visit the Saddledome and explain how his football team handles in-game challenges.
“We see him throw the flag, but I wanted to know what was the process in football,” Hartley said.
“In a challenge, what’s against you is time. It’s just like in football, in hockey we can’t say, ‘Wait, wait, wait, we’re gonna decide.’ It has to be bang, bang, bang, so we wanted to know what are the channels, the process, and John came in and explained it to us.