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Originally Posted by donkee
Why bring in Ward now when the Flames are barely even a team - the core is gone and they have to start creating an new identity from scratch. He's a good coach and has a history of winning with young players in the AHL, so why put him in a position to fail? Firing the current coach won't do anything; they aren't going to be a winning team for a while because of major roster flaws, and that should be a foregone conclusion by now.
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You just answered why it's a good time to bring in Ward. May as well start the identity from scratch with a coach that has a history winning with minimal talent. An identity of a hard working team that plays good team defense. It's how lesser talented teams like the Coyotes and Predators have overachieved over the last half decade. I don't see the point of bringing rookies in next season so they break into the league playing on a team with no defensive structure. Keenan killed Phaneuf's game this way and you build up players by teaching them the right way to play in the NHL not the wrong way and try and correct the mistakes later in their careers.
Also as has been mentioned Hartley just doesn't like to play the kids. In a nothing blowout game he staples Horak to the bench. What the hell does that serve? That's how he killed Sven's confidence as how is a player supposed to improve or even knows what he has to improve on when he's stapled to the bench? I am very worried about the prospect of starting next season with Sven and say Reinhart and MacKinnon (if the Flames are so lucky) with Hartley behind the bench considering what happened this year with callups and Sven.