Red Wings hire McCrimmon as assistant coach

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Wings Add McCrimmon to Coaching Staff
Published 7/21/2008 by Alanah McGinley at KK Hockey
... He told Sporting News he has agreed to terms to join the Red Wings and expects to sign the deal when he goes to Detroit next week. “I was there for three years as a player and loved it,” said McCrimmon, who played for the Red Wings from 1990-93. “Now it’s a great opportunity to go back. It’s a good situation in the sense of the city, the team and what they’ve been doing there for a long time.” continued... Plus more on McCrimmon at Custance’s blog.

Wings hire Brad McCrimmon as assistant coach
Published 7/21/2008 by George James Malik at Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com
The Sporting News's Craig Custance reports that the Detroit Red Wings have hired former Atlanta Thrashers assistant coach (and Wings alumnus) Brad McCrimmon to fill the assistant coaching spot left vacant by Todd McLellan's departure for San Jose: July 21, The Sporting News : The Detroit Red Wings have hired Brad McCrimmon as an assistant coach on Mike Babcock's staff, filling the vacancy created when Todd McLellan left to take the head job in San Jose. McCrimmon was the associate coach for the Atlanta Thrashers last season and a finalist for the head job with the Thrashers. He ...

Reporter innuendo
Published 7/22/2008 by George James Malik at Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com
... : For all the dolts who bashed former Thrashers assistant coach Brad McCrimmon and blamed him even a little bit for the team's faceplant last season, hear this: He just got hired by the Detroit Red Wings, the NHL's best team, as an assistant to Mike Babcock. (Credit to pal Craig Custance of The Sporting News, formerly of the AJC, for getting the story before anybody in Detroit . Custance will be moving back to Michigan soon. I believe it was a package deal with McCrimmon and Marian Hossa.)