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Originally Posted by Frank MetaMusil
Well, you were partially correct with your assessement of Dave King. Good coach.
Here is the list of Calgary's coaches and their winning %. Brent actually ranks 5th, but check out Keenan. This season hasn't been added yet as it's not finished. Also of note, Brian Sutter the Jack Adams winner, ranks ever so slightly ahead of Hartley so far.
Terry Crisp .669
Mike Keenan .585
Darryl Sutter .581
Dave King .576
Brent Sutter .557
Reiser .552
Badger .548
Jim Playfair .524
Al MacNeil (not interim) .522
Guy Charron .469
Pierre Page .463
Don Hay .463
Greg Gilbert .442
Brian Sutter .439
Bob Hartley (48 games) .438
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It's no coincidence that Hartley has the worst record so far, because he also has the worst roster the Flames have ever had (at least relative to the competition).
Playfair had the same roster as D.Sutter and B.Sutter had essentially the same quality of roster that Keenan had. Those records are directly comparable IMO, where as Hartley's has little basis of comparison in that list.
This is really the first rebuild this team has had. Sure, we had to trade players in the past due to financial issues, but there was always a struggle to try and keep the team competitive in the present.