Dallas Stars head coach Pete DeBoer took a moment to touch on his profession’s job security.
Or lack thereof.
“It’s insanity,” DeBoer said in May during the NHL playoffs after the league saw its 19th coaching change since the end of the 2022-23 season. “We coach in an age where everyone talks about the modern athlete, building relationships in order to coach them. How do you do that with that kind of turnover?
“It’s like going on a date and getting married and divorced before the appetizers show up. I don’t get it, but that’s the world we live in.”
That world has seen an astounding level of turnover that speaks to the desperation felt by organizations when things turn sour and the temperature is turned up.
“I wouldn’t want to be a head coach right now,” New …