Ducks Sign Randy Carlyle to 1 Year Extension

There are none, we are way better off with Carlyle.

Name a better coach that is available?

Firing a coach in the NHL is as much about getting the players to listen to a new face and voice as anything, and in that sense, letting the assistant coach finish the season is always an option that may achieve the same result you were hoping for in a full change without creating a burdensome period of adjustment.

AND if you’re going to invite someone to name better coaches, I think you should start by stating your own understanding of the coaching landscape. If you just want to talk about when Boudreau might get fired or what renewing Carlyle might do for the chances of landing Paul MacLean, then you should state those positions. Someone who actually knows coaches might mistakenly come on here and try to have a discussion with you about how the wave of young former player coaches, even in midseason replacement gigs, makes young guys like Dallas Eakins always an interesting bone to throw out for discussion. If you just want to talk about Boudreau, or even MacTavish then that discussion might not be for you.

Also, “better” coach doesn’t really mean anything if you don’t state a position. Newell Brown had a “better” pedigree than Carlyle, and there are plenty of young coaches today that are performing “better” than experienced head coaches.