NHL Teams Hiring Inexperienced Head Coaches

Iceman90 · 11-16-2024, 11:33 AM

At the end of every season, there is the usual coaching carousel as coaches are hired and fired by the AI.

I am noticing that many times, NHL teams are hiring random players-turned-staff who have no experience or record of any kind. I can see this maybe for a team in a long term rebuild, but even then they'd usually bring in their AHL coach or promote an assistant. It doesn't make a lot of sense that these random retired folks and unknown coaches are getting their start in the NHL while qualified coaches are sitting unemployed.

In a future update, would it be possible to tweak this logic and favour coaches with either a higher personal score, a history in that league, or who are employed by the next lowest league?

JeffR · 11-20-2024, 03:48 AM

It's always players-turned-coaches? Sounds like we may be setting their initial reputation too high, we'll check that.

11-16-2024, 11:33 AM	#1
Iceman90 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Calgary, Alberta Posts: 188	NHL Teams Hiring Inexperienced Head Coaches At the end of every season, there is the usual coaching carousel as coaches are hired and fired by the AI. I am noticing that many times, NHL teams are hiring random players-turned-staff who have no experience or record of any kind. I can see this maybe for a team in a long term rebuild, but even then they'd usually bring in their AHL coach or promote an assistant. It doesn't make a lot of sense that these random retired folks and unknown coaches are getting their start in the NHL while qualified coaches are sitting unemployed. In a future update, would it be possible to tweak this logic and favour coaches with either a higher personal score, a history in that league, or who are employed by the next lowest league? Last edited by Iceman90; 11-20-2024 at 02:37 PM.

11-20-2024, 03:48 AM	#2
JeffR FHM Producer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Kelowna, BC Posts: 17,423	It's always players-turned-coaches? Sounds like we may be setting their initial reputation too high, we'll check that.