So, a hilarious and wonderful thing has happened, the hilariousness and wonderfulness of which increase in direct proportion to one’s distance southward from the U.S./Canadian border. What was clearly a joke—the notion that Randy Wittman is objectively good at playoff coaching while being objectively bad at regular season coaching—has grown into a whole living thing. Or, anyway, the idea that the things which have happened in these playoffs and the 2014 playoffs have meaningfully vindicated the ‘Randy Wittman Way’ is gaining a lot of traction. This is amazing.
Let’s start simple.