Remember when Randy Cunneyworth was named the interim head coach of the Habs for half a season, and the city (the French press in particular) pretty much had a nuclear meltdown about a filthy Anglo coaching their beloved Canadiens de Montréal?
It says a lot about the current climate of that organization that Montreal Cup winners like Scotty Bowman, Toe Blake, Dick Irvin, Frank Selke or Sam Pollock wouldn't even get so much as a job interview for either a coaching or GM vacancy.
What they need more than anything is someone from outside the organization who will come in, put a plan into place, stick with it, hire the best available people period regardless of ethnicity or their previous ties to the Canadiens organization (or lack thereof) and then ignore all the caterwauling from the media and the fans in the meantime.
I mean, there's been plenty of screaming here from all the loudest voices about plenty of the choices Shanahan has made, chief among them the decisions to not prioritize adding "toughness" or trade any of our young studs up front for a "stay-at-home-defenseman". And in the end it hasn't mattered.
