There was this coach I heard about. He hadn't yet served as an NHL head coach. His qualifications indicated he was ready to do so.
So like a fan of a new indie band double-checking its coolness with a music snob, I reached out to an NHL team executive to ask how they felt about the guy.
"I don't know why he's on the 'Wow, why doesn't he have a head-coaching job yet?' tier," they said. "If we count NHL assistants and AHL head coaches, there are about 100 guys in the candidate pool. What makes him stand out to you as being among the top of that group?