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with the goaltenders and I think Chuck Neisen did a lot for the team." Reinhart and Neisen were assistant coaches. Reinhart has retired from coaching and Neisen is a candidate for the job Harriâ€" gan vacates. "And Pete Brill is the best manager in hockey. I‘m going to keep saying that until somebody listens. ‘"Then we have (trainer) Rich Ennis. He‘s like a coach, psychoâ€" logist, trainer and good friend." Harrigan said his approach to the game will not change. | and nobody interfered with anyâ€" one else‘s job," said Harrigan. "John Reinhart did a super job helm of the London Knights and Ron Smith has the former Guelph Platers who are moving to Owen. . Sound. "Everybody had their own job Harrigan accepts ' Steeltown offer | _: into the ‘A‘ ranks. "It‘s a pretty close knit group," said Harrigan, who praised everyâ€" one from the executive to the stickboys to the fans. "I wish I could take them all with me." Harrigan, wwl;o was on Waterâ€" loo‘s i teams in 1962 and m the third Siskin of that decade to coach in the Ontario Hockey League. Wayne Maxner is at the Richard O‘Brien Chronicle Staff In a very friendly parting of the ways between a coach .l:l his team, Gerry Harrigan is leaving the Waterloo Siskins to take over behind the bench of the Dukes of titles Do O drediiiioie : wl e raene s Caal w c d e e ie OE PAmtey P CACCEY has nothin@ but ~praisé. ;am;;m-m to remain within an orga&zqfigfi_hg_lfivgb&fi’“ our of family in Waterloo. organization he leaves behind as * hour of family in Waterloo. he climb@the "coaching‘ ladder _ He expressed interest in coachâ€" into the ‘A‘ ranks. ing in the OHL in 1985 when the "It‘s a pretty close knit group," Siskins won their second consecuâ€" said Harrigan, who praised everyâ€" . tive Ontariochampionship. When one from the executive to the he had no takers he took a year stickboys to the fans. "I wish 1. off to coach in Switzerland. The ‘Duke‘ |nmmenni immenasion "If I change my game plan or After guiding the Siskins to Coue. + 4 6 P wl t . 02 lt ronike . i: lt .‘a‘,"-" ’,‘\,-'g, Glg A,‘.»V.‘ onl P ts " BC '&Mmmb“&;lnng weren‘t supposed to beat. In ‘ we weren‘t supposed to get out of our own league." ’ « But 1984 was the most memoraâ€" team‘s first Ontario championâ€" ship in 20 years and it came just months before Siskins‘ 50th anâ€" niversary celebrations. A standing ovation at the anâ€" niversary banquet is another thing Harrigan will never forget, either, as he takes his career to the ‘A‘ level of hockey. . â€" Harrigan will be coaching playâ€" ers in the same age group with a high skill level. But he‘s already coached highly skilled players who were going the U.S. college scholarship route. "In ‘A‘ hockey you have boys with excellent talent and they are as a rule bigger hockey players. But there are pros and cons about both leagues." my coaching style then I‘m not being myself. I‘ll do what I‘ve g:ne m'l:h;kt.he Siskins and 1{ l{ ve to e certain changes, I‘ Harri jos the Dukes, th gan joins , the former Toronto Marlboros, on a oneâ€"year contract with twoâ€"way options for a second and third year. Earlier, he turned down an offer from the Windsor Spitfires, HisthmlOHAehmp: ionshi ip as a coach came in 1988. "Each year we won it was very He‘s also going to a league that has a higher level of parity that the Midwestern ‘B‘ loop, where there is a vast disparity between first and last place teams. _ _ Gerry Harrigan with the pickup truck used in the 1988 Ontario junior ‘B‘ hockey championship eelobmlon.He'llbemflngmflhmflnmmeenhoekeylnmmmegnmdmuym w“m' Richard O‘Brien photo He‘s also going to a league that â€" distractions in the form of drafts about other teams as the season Players in the OHL also face thas ‘‘The biggest thing is that I have to keep their minds on what they have to do," said Harrigan, who says he also must learn distractions in the form of drafts and agents. _ o WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY JULY 19, 1989 â€" PAGE 37 Todd Rellinger, right, of the Waterloo bantam Firefighâ€" tehr:.gouboektoflmbm al ofmeamsum- ford‘s Jeff in an mc Jeff Belford in an mmdaywm'mv,a«- secure third place and they won 8â€"7 in extra innings. SAFE AT FIRST ‘"Until I go around the league I‘m just a rookie," Harrigan said, ""and I‘ll approach it as a rookie." Page 41 Richard 0‘Brien photo U