You've got it right, my brain must have locked with BU in the unfamiliar
position of not playing this time of year :-)
 
It may just be that I can't figure out why a same person would rather
coach in the NHL than for *any* Div. I program.
 
Arthur Berman [log in to unmask]
 
On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Adam Bryant wrote:
 
> > [log in to unmask] wrote:
> >
> > Actually, Parker was offered the job as Bruins coach, accepted it, and
> > then regretted the choice and asked to go back to BU.
>
> I think you might be confusing the time that he accepted the Athletic
> Director position at BU with the Bruins offers.  As far as I know, he was
> twice offered the coaching position with the Bruins, most recently when Pat
> Burns as hired, and both times turned it down.  Both times, he seemed to
> seriously consider it, though the this most recent time he seemed less
> interested then the earlier offer.  Maybe the first offer contained some
> more wavering than I recall, but I'm pretty sure that he never fully
> accepted the Bruins offers either time.
>
> The AD position, however, he accepted for short period of time, maybe a
> month at most, and then decided that he prefered to just be the coach and
> stepped down from the AD position.
>
> Adam
>
 
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