Barry Trotz will not coach in the NHL next season, saying he's certain he's not in a position to give the time and commitment required to do any job to his standard.
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"I've got some things personally that I've got to take care of, family-wise that I've got to take care of," Trotz said Friday
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"I didn't feel… if I'd said I'll take the job, I think I would have done any team a little bit of a disservice & myself a disservice because to be a coach in the NHL
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it is demanding and it requires your all. It just does, emotionally it just does, mentally it just does. So I couldn't go down that path.
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"It doesn't mean I'm not going to coach.
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Just not going to coach right now. I've been doing this for 25 straight years and I've put a lot of stuff on the back burner and I think it's time.
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The one thing I do know, and it's a mistake that everybody makes, is you think you have time and you don't.
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nd so this is my time when I can get to a lot of things I've put on the back burner. I have to take care of those
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For peace of mind for everything so I will be 100 percent in if I get back into it and I'll be a better coach for it."
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Trotz, who is from Manitoba, was a candidate for Winnipeg Jets coaching job, but told the team on Friday that he wouldn't coach next season.