The dude knows how to coach young players. Actually he was pretty great at it. The problem over the last 3 season has been talent (particularly scoring talent) all along. Not coaching.
"Boughner headed a new ownership group in purchasing the then-struggling
Windsor Spitfires in February 2006. He has been head coach of the team, as well as President & C.E.O., except during the 2010–11 season when Boughner served as an assistant coach with the
Columbus Blue Jackets.
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In 2007–2008, he coached the Spitfires to the second best regular season finish in their history with 94 points, and was honored as OHL and
CHL Coach of the Year.
[4] On April 15, 2009, Boughner was named the OHL's
coach of the year for the second year in a row.
On May 8, 2009, he coached the Windsor Spitfires to their first OHL championship in 21 years after finishing the regular season with a league best 115 points. Also, that same year went on to win Windsor's first Memorial Cup, becoming the first team to lose the first two games of the tournament and still win the Cup. Boughner's Spitfires successfully defended their Memorial Cup championship in 2010.
On June 24, 2009, he was selected by Hockey Canada to coach the National Under-18 hockey team at the Memorial of Ivan Hlinka Tournament. The team went on to dominate by going undefeated and won gold at the tournament."