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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
1) Veteran UFAs do not like to sign for rebuilding teams, period. As far as I know, Hartley has a pretty good reputation as a player's coach - tough, but fair. Tanguay - who has had a bit of a history with coaches and pouting - loved him and wanted him aboard. Every coach has certain players that love him, certain players that don't. You don't base your decision on who to hire as a coach because 'x' players that aren't even on your team like him.
2) Tanking? Tanking? What have you been watching?? Please watch more Flames games rather than just looking at the standings please. This is a tank-job on paper ONLY. The team plays hard - which is why you are seeing so much Hartley support this thread.
Tanking.... lol ... oh you!!
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I agree with everything you said. There have been no indications that any of the players have a problem playing for Hartley. If anything, we seem to be re-signing players lately.
If the team tried this hard as they did while we still had a productive Iginla, Bouwmeester and Kiprusoff, they would have been a playoff team. This isn't a team that has given up at all. It's just a team that lacks a lot of mature talent.