Why such a fuss? Why such furor over a secondary position? Assistant coaches do a lot of the dirty work when it comes to day to day things and they deserve credit. However, they aren’t the end all, be all.
When the St. Louis Blues brought back Ken Hitchcock, it was with the knowledge it would only be for one year and that year would be his last in coaching. The club wanted to keep the staff that helped them reach the Western Conference Finals together, but only offered them one-year contracts to match the head coach.
Unsurprisingly, the two main bench coaches declined.