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Originally Posted by Rerun
When you look at the number of coaches the Flames have hired in the past 33 years (13 not counting the two interim coaches), is any coach the right coach?
Average life span for a Flames coach is about 2-1/2 years (205 games) with Bob Johnson holding the record for longest Flame coach at 400 games and Don Hay and Jim Playfair for the shortest at 68 and 82 games respectively.
Take Bob, Don, and Jim out of the equation and the average Flames coaching career is 181 games.
On that basis alone, Hartley's days are numbered.
Frankly, I'm a little tired of the revolving door coach here in Calgary.
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The door has been revolving because for the most part the coaches haven't delivered. Outside of Playfair I can't think of a fired head coach that showed that he deserved to remain longer outside of Dave King and maybe Brent Sutter. The hires have been poor for the most part and I don't have a problem with the revolving door as long as it eventually stops on a keeper. Hartley isn't that guy but he is delivering the high draft picks that this team dearly needs for it's rebuild so in some ways you can say he is the right coach for this team as he's going to keep them in the mix for top 5 overall picks as long as he's coaching the team.