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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Hartley's likely done at the end of the season as it's not typical that a head coach survives a new GM hiring and Hartley hasn't established himself as a coach that deserves another season with a bottom 6 and likely bottom 5 finish this season. Yes the talent is poor but he hasn't done enough to likely convince a new GM not to bring his own guy in. Playing hard is great and all but just steering a bad team to an expected bad finish IMO isn't what I would call positive or trending anywhere up.
I'm hoping that the Predators tank and Trotz becomes available. He seems like a perfect coach for a rebuild. It's probably a long shot that he would get relieved of his position but every head coach has a shelf life and it's possible that organization needs a new direction.
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The bolded part speaks more to your
own expectations / wishes than anything. Most people have expected the Flames to be where they are, except to likely be worse and do so with much less effort and buy-in from the players.
Hartley's instilled work ethic and a never give-up sort of culture in Calgary in a very short period of time and Burke knows this.
If you look at the roster objectively and watch the games, you'll understand that the Flames should be last in the league, getting blown out / out-played a lot more than they have been.
Fans desire quick fixes and fast turn-arounds but that simply isn't reality.