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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Well you can't say that about my post a few pages out which was questioned by Jiri and scolded by TC. I never said the hiring will be a disaster or that this is a terrible hire only that I have concerns and that I don't think there's much middle ground in that this hire will be great or bomb. I don't have a history of criticizing the GM so no bias here but I've been a Flames fan for a long time and have lived through the Ridebrough, Page, Hay, Gilbert, Keenan, etc bad hirings and while it's great that Treliving believes Gulutzan its nothing we haven't heard before every GM when a bad coaching decision has been made. Seeing that the Flames have a history of hiring the wrong guy I'm allowed to be a little skeptical as I know the history of this team better than Treliving and I've been a fan long before he was here and will continue to do so long after he's gone.
That said I'm already warming up to the hire and I'm sure after his announcement presser a lot of fans on the fence will open up to him. I intend to support him fully like any new hire as all I care about is this franchise winning and becoming a contender and if he can accomplish this I will be his biggest fan.
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How many coaches for the Flames has he hired? This will be his first, so to put past coach hires on him makes no sense.
You may have a better knowledge of Flames history than him, but I would be willing to bet he has a better knowledge of hockey than you. What is more important when hiring a coach? Flames history, or hockey knowledge?