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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
Hiring Hartley for the team that we had at the time of hiring Hartley was, arguably, wrong at that time. Hartley was not able to do anything with that team, just like Brent Sutter couldn't do anything with that team. Both Hartley and B. Sutter do better with younger teams. It's easy to tell now that Hartley was a great choice but at that time it was a coin toss and Feaster did it based on a personal friendship/connection he had with Hartley. I mean, just like any other die-hard Flames fan I am happy to see how the new Flames are responding to Hartley's coaching; that's excellent; I just don't know if they wouldn't have responded to Brent the same way (and there's no way to check that, of course).
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There's actually no evidence Brent is good with a young NHL team. The Devils teams he coached certainly weren't.
The bottom line is that Hartley has a better resume. He's a better option than Brent regardless of who's on the roster.