In 1995 Keanu Reeves starred in a terrible film based on a good short story called "Johnny Mnemonic". It was a science fiction film in which Keanu played a cyber courier with a data storage device implanted in his brain. The film was poorly received and bombed at the box office. Keanu's fledgling film career was near done.
So what does he do? A few years later he decides to play a remarkably similar character in a movie about a hacker sent to another dimension. Why would someone take on a role that was very close to one that he had failed at a short time ago? Of course, the film he took on was "The Matrix" and it completely revived his career and changed the way science fiction movies were made. The lesson to be learned here: just because an idea doesn't work once doesn't mean it won't work again if the parts are right.
Minnesota Wild GM Chuck Fletcher hired unproved commodity Todd Richards a few years back to be his coach. Granted there wasn't much talent, but Richards failed. When facing the prospect of finding a new coach, Fletcher could've taken the easy road and hired an experienced coach like Craig MacTavish or Ken Hitchcock, but Fletcher believed he had found his Neo in Houston Aeros Coach Mike Yeo.
It took huge balls for Fletcher to hire another unproven NHL coach, there is no question in that. But Fletch must have believed in his heart that Yeo was the best coach for the job and that being the case, this was the right move. Only time will tell whether or not Yeo is Todd Anderson or Ted "Theodore" Logan. I, as well and Wild Nation, are hoping he is The One.
So what does he do? A few years later he decides to play a remarkably similar character in a movie about a hacker sent to another dimension. Why would someone take on a role that was very close to one that he had failed at a short time ago? Of course, the film he took on was "The Matrix" and it completely revived his career and changed the way science fiction movies were made. The lesson to be learned here: just because an idea doesn't work once doesn't mean it won't work again if the parts are right.
Minnesota Wild GM Chuck Fletcher hired unproved commodity Todd Richards a few years back to be his coach. Granted there wasn't much talent, but Richards failed. When facing the prospect of finding a new coach, Fletcher could've taken the easy road and hired an experienced coach like Craig MacTavish or Ken Hitchcock, but Fletcher believed he had found his Neo in Houston Aeros Coach Mike Yeo.
It took huge balls for Fletcher to hire another unproven NHL coach, there is no question in that. But Fletch must have believed in his heart that Yeo was the best coach for the job and that being the case, this was the right move. Only time will tell whether or not Yeo is Todd Anderson or Ted "Theodore" Logan. I, as well and Wild Nation, are hoping he is The One.
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