Talk is beginning to heat up that Pat Quinn is a front runner to coach Canada's team for the upcoming World Cup tournament. While Quinn has been successful coaching, is he the right man for the job.

Even one of his biggest admirers, Tom Benjamin at Canucks Corner, is critical of Quinn's penchant for dishonesty and misdirection. Whenever someone is chosen for a position like head coach of a national team there is a stock answer of being named "is an honour". But is choosing Quinn to represent Canada an honour for Canada?

Quinn, in less then a year, has lied about Darcy Tucker being spit upon by Chris Neil. He's lied about Daniel Alfredsson kneeing Mats Sundin in Saturday's game, which even Sundin has denied happening. He has lied about Marian Hossa waiving his stick around recklessly when the only incident he can point to is an accident that happened four years ago.

He's also cried about Alfredsson hitting Tucker from the side during the playoffs two seasons ago while leaving out Owen Nolan injuring Jason Spezza by hitting him in the numbers a couple feet from the boards. His team has the reputation as the biggest group of cheapshot artists in the league but he is constantly crying about the other team's actions, regardless of whether or not they actually happened.

Some will say that he's just trying to deflect attention from his team and help them win. But does the saying, "it's not whether you win or lose but how you play the game" not apply anymore? And if so, why not?

Should someone with a history of lying and whining represent Canada on an international stage? Or is winning so important that we overlook things like honour?