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Originally Posted by DOOM
Why? Whens the last time a coach ran away from a team?
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Hartley will get more than 1 year somewhere else. He's not in a situation anymore where he needs to prove himself, he's done that in this role and will get other offers.
IF we want him, we will need to give more term. Would likely be the same with any other coach we'd bring in too, unless we took a flyer on a very un-proven entity. Remember with coaches, we aren't "stuck" with them if things don't work out, we are just "stuck" with paying them. So I'm sure the Flames don't want to sign a deal they aren't expecting to work out, but it's also not a "commitment" that has no ability for the Flames to change direction should things not be working out.