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Originally Posted by Bingo
I still wonder why they waited to extend him if they didn't plan on doing so. Its not as if they don't know what this season is going to be.
The season is set up to lose, the roster wasn't built up to make a run, it was set up knowing they will struggle again this year and miss the playoffs, likely with a bottom five pick.
So I see it as a Hartley can't win scenario to be honest. The chances of any coach keeping a team working that hard for 24 months is pretty slim, so its almost like they want that trigger to pull when it inevitably slides.
He's gone by Xmas.
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Unless the dressing room and team turns on him, I don't understand why you'd fire Hartley during the year.
The team is still probably two years from being even a borderline playoff contender. Typically a team will fire a coach when they have expectations and don't meet them. The Flames have no expectations this year.
If you fire Hartley - you're just making a change for the sake of it. Its not like a new coach is going to come in and turn the team into a contender this year.