Post by hattrick on Aug 2, 2007 15:45:36 GMT -5
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Wings' management made one call--and only one call--on Griffins coach Mike Stothers
Posted by George James Malik August 01, 2007 08:18AM
Categories: Griffins
Grand Rapids Griffins coach Mike Stothers finally spilled the beans on his interview with the Detroit Red Wings' management:
August 1, The Patriot News: Stothers said the Grand Rapids job "kind of came out of the blue." He received a call from Ken Holland, GM of the parent Detroit Red Wings, after Greg Ireland was fired in June.
An interview with Holland, Grand Rapids GM Bob McNamara and Red Wings assistant GM Jim Nill went exceedingly well. So well, Stothers said, that he was offered the job immediately after the interview.
"They asked if I wanted time to think about it or to talk to my wife [Judy]," Stothers said. "I said, 'If you guys are asking, I'm saying yes.'
"The opportunity with a quality organization like that made it easy to say yes. It seemed like the right time and right opportunity."
Wings' management made one call--and only one call--on Griffins coach Mike Stothers
Posted by George James Malik August 01, 2007 08:18AM
Categories: Griffins
Grand Rapids Griffins coach Mike Stothers finally spilled the beans on his interview with the Detroit Red Wings' management:
August 1, The Patriot News: Stothers said the Grand Rapids job "kind of came out of the blue." He received a call from Ken Holland, GM of the parent Detroit Red Wings, after Greg Ireland was fired in June.
An interview with Holland, Grand Rapids GM Bob McNamara and Red Wings assistant GM Jim Nill went exceedingly well. So well, Stothers said, that he was offered the job immediately after the interview.
"They asked if I wanted time to think about it or to talk to my wife [Judy]," Stothers said. "I said, 'If you guys are asking, I'm saying yes.'
"The opportunity with a quality organization like that made it easy to say yes. It seemed like the right time and right opportunity."