Greg Wyshynski: The Hockey Hall of Fame selection process is rife with politics and personal agendas, and that's never more apparent than in the enshrinement of coaches through the "Builders" category.
You have some coaches who make the cut based on undeniable merit, like Scotty Bowman (1,244 career wins) and Al Arbour (782 wins) while others get in based on more nebulous criteria. Roger Neilson (460 career wins) never won a Stanley Cup or Jack Adams, but was a well-liked innovator who was battling cancer when he was inducted. Herb Brooks (219 wins) was inducted on the strength of the Miracle on Ice Olympic gold medal in 1980, and was inducted three years after a car accident took his life.