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Originally Posted by Corral
Fine. My point was not to defend Ted Nolan. But rather to support my earlier post that Sven Baertchi may have 'acted unprofessionally' doesn't 'play defence' or maybe complained about a boss or something else that young players aren't supposed to do in the NHL. So he could have all the skill in the world, but because of something he has done someone or some persons will do all in their power to make sure he ends up using that skill in the AHL or back in Europe. Maybe his roster spot will be filled with every plugger available until eventually his is buried in the minors to ride buses and tour the majestic landscape that is central north America in mid-winter....
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Support what? Your baseless theory that he acted unprofessionally? We saw last season with Blair Jones who may or may have not upset little Bob and for one reason or another that was the end of him playing for the Flames.
Lets face the facts that this is Bob Hartley and the way he runs his team. He's clearly one of those guys not much different than Keenan that simply has 'his guys' and 'his whipping boys'. He's not the first coach nor the last to play the favourites game but it is what it is. You can probably add Berra to his list of favourites as he's probably going to have to be downright awful for Ramo to get a sniff of the starting job again.
I personally can't blame Bob for coaching this way as the buddy system is what got him the job in the first place. If getting a job with the Flames on merit mattered Hartley would have never got the Flames head coaching job in the first place so getting ice time on merit is probably out the door for some players that he doesn't particularly care for. It's what he knows and how he does things as that's what got him here. It's all about who you know and you you like. Right now Bob likes his guys better than Sven and this started from upstairs the day Feaster hired his buddy to coach the Flames.