Being a HS coach in Wisconsin we have our Wisconsin Coaches Association meeting at the Kohl Center prior to the start of our season. This year we had both Granato and Clarkson University’s coach, Casey Jones come in to speak with us among others. Jones was awesome not listen to. You could just feel the hockey knowledge spewing out of him as well as the set plan he had in place for his team that season. He talked (ribbed us) about beating Wisconsin 4-0 the night prior and and said they have much more high end talent on their roster and that he needs to get more above average guys to play at higher levels because he doesn’t get the types of players a Wisconsin does. When Granato came on to speak, I was left unimpressed. It felt like he went “Hollywood” on us. He was scattered and unorganized with his thoughts. A coach asked him his game objectives and if those change each game. He said no, they have set goals that they need to hit every game. When asked what they were he referred to his assistant coach and that he keeps track of them and he couldn’t remember them. It was odd. Anyways, my thoughts coming out of that was that I’d run through a wall for Jones and that Granato left a lot to be desired.