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Originally Posted by FireGilbert
Yes. It should be a top priority after the draft. Hartley has earned the extension and you also don't want a coach on their last year because they will think short term to save their job.
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Originally Posted by Major Major
Hands down there should be a summer extension and I believe there will be for the entire coaching staff. The reason why you don't just wait and see is because players may take that as a sign that the team is not sold on him.
There is no room for deviation from this hard working culture moving forward. If at a tough point in the season where the team is on a losing streak, tired, slumping offensively, and Hartley is trying to push through by working your ass off, players might think that it would be pretty easy to roll over and let the team bring in a fresh voice in the off season. Not a fantastic mental process, but we never know what will go through a guy's mind when he's at his breaking point.
There is not a single reason I can think of not to extend for two more seasons, but to keep Hartley and the players focused on day to day improvement seems like a no brainer to me.
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If players give up the hard effort because they don't think management is fully sold on Hartely, then the flames have a lot more problems than coaching.