At the beginning of this season I was a huge Hartley fan. He got the team to work really hard, stand up for each other, and be on the same page. We even won games against good teams and were very close in the ones we lost. The locker room had never been closer.
Now, however, I am really starting to question is capabilities. He's usually well-spoken but the last few shots at Sven have been uncalled for. When Burke came out and said he needed to play in all 3 zones, fine. When Hartley benched him the first (maybe the second) time, fine. But to bench him tonight is uncalled for. The Flames have shat the bed horribly in the last few games. We have been getting embarrassed in our own building. Stemp got beaten up by Ference and nothing happened! That will NOT build a winning team. Dallas ran up the score, Lehtonen sat on the net, and our team was getting chirped by the Stars. We did nothing.
I think Hartley is starting to lose his grasp on the team, and he certainly has lost a fan in me.
|