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Originally Posted by New Era
That's why I said "That is my fear and why I will take a wait and see attitude." A wait and see attitude. Seems as open minded as you can get? I haven't decided I like the guy or dislike the guy, so I will wait and see how he does before passing judgement. Yet I need to be more open minded?
Treliving could do better, he could do worse, or he could emulate what he did in Phoenix. Spin what he did any way you like, but the Coyotes were a 7th-11th place team, which isn't that much more than the Flames were under Sutter. I am hoping for a lot more than that. Hopefully the combination of Burke, Treliving and the new AGM will take the team to a level of success we haven't seen in a couple of decades. But again, I'll wait and see what happens before deciding if Treliving was the right guy for the job. |
7th-11th is damned impressive for a franchise which had severe financial restraints. The fact that Treliving spent the better part of a decade making a dead broke franchise even remotely competitive is a pretty important factor. Phoenix could/should be a perennial bottom-feeder but it isn't.
Fair enough to take a wait-and-see viewpoint though.