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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
To answer some of the points in your post, OP:
- BT 'saddled' the Flames with Backstrom, who proceeded to go 2-2-0, the best win:loss ratio of any Flame goalie this season. That's more impact than anything Jones would have done in the final games.
- Treliving kept what worked in net in 2014-15. Would you have blown up the netminding that brought you your first series win in 11 years? He'll have time to address it this offseason.
- How would you address Wideman's contract? Or any of the bigger contracts?
Again, this is all way too premature. Give him a chance to address all of this in the offseason. 2015-16 isn't even done yet.
The coach can't have any more impact on the team this year. That's why he was fired. However, the GM has a lot of work to do going forward, and it's the wrong time to stop him from doing his job.
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Easy for me to say that I would have made a move during the season when it was clear that none of the 3 were capable of the #1 job. In reality though, that decision is what a GM is paid to evaluate and paid to do. He made his evaluation, made his decision, and it turned out terribly.
Which is why i don't think the coach should bear the responsibility on the decision.