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First media scrum with new Winnipeg Jets head coach Scott Arniel

When new Jets bench boss Scott Arniel stepped down from the podium following the formal media portion of the morning he held his first media scrum continuing the discussion about his new role with his old team.

Topics:
1) Getting his shot to be head coach of the Jets.
2) Not forgetting success they achieved/vs need to improve (:49)
3) What did he learn from his time in Columbus? (1:57)
4) His timeline to hire new assistant coaches? (3:13)
5) How much overlap has there been on guys he may be interested in/guys who have reached out? (4:11)
6) His takeaways from working with Rick Bowness (5:01)
7) Does he still expect text messages from his former bench boss? (6:29)
8) What does he think of the media work of Bowness? (6:40)
9) This being a dream coming true. (7:00)
10) How did he pull out of being let go by the Blue Jackets? (8:24)
11) When did he know he had the coaching bug? (9:24)
12) The relationship with the Moose (10:37)

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David Minuk

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