Embracing second option label, Bowness aims to tap into Jets' potential

WINNIPEG - It would have been easy for Rick Bowness to be defensive or have his nose out of joint when the topic of being the second choice was broached on Monday morning at his introductory press conference.leaned into it, embracing it openly rather than trying to run away from it.

“If I’m in his chair, I’m going after Trotzy too. I am. It’s that simple,” Bowness said during a question and answer session with Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff that lasted nearly 22 minutes before a side session with reporters went another 10. “Trotzy is the perfect guy for this, I get that. With his resume, I would have done the same thing Chevy did. I got a nice text from Trotzy a couple days ago. It didn’t work out and that’s fine.

Given how things went off the rails last season with a team that was projected to contend in the Central Division rather than miss the playoffs entirely, that seems to represent some semblance of growth. Bowness is bringing on Scott Arniel as associate coach, with two other assistants expected to join a Jets staff that includes a pair of returnees in goalie coach Wade Flaherty and video coach Matt Prefontaine.

Although Bowness didn’t really want to go into much detail about what was said, you got the sense the new head coach was emboldened by the exuberance Scheifele displayed in the conversation. “So that's when I say the team kind of lost its way a little bit, it all starts there,” said Bowness. “The Xs and Os of our game don't work if there's issues that they're not being held accountable to each other and they're not all on the same page. You've got to fix those issues, off ice, and that's what I talked with about right away.

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