Brent can say whatever he wants from outside the organization. He's was hired as a coach and not as a GM. So, whatever comment he makes is really irrelevant and he didn't get the job done. Yeah, sure, he inherited a mess, but it wasn't that bad initially. The team that Brent got when he took over from Keenan was a playoff bound team. By the end of his 3rd season with the Flames, he's basically turned a playoff bound team into a rebuild. Sometimes you get a team with the players you want and sometimes not. But, if you're dealt with the cards you have, deal with it the best you can. Look at Hartley and how he handled JBo and Butler. Cripes both of these players playing under Hartley actually looked good! With Brent behind the bench, the Flames would have given away JBo for nothing, just like they gave away Regehr for basically nothing. It would've made more sense for Brent to admit that if Darryl would've stepped down from the GM position and coached the Flames full time instead of taking him out of New Jersey, that would've worked out even better for the Flames.
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