Uh.... this was tried at the end of last season and I got murdered for it.
http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthr...reliving+fired
Granted, the thread title should have been different. It was a mistake to title it that, I admit it. It should have been akin to "Where is the accountability for a GM?". I also think that post #96 in that thread should have been the poll question, as the focus for the teams success or failure has to be on Treliving this year.
Firing your coach 1 year after having won the Jack Adams, and remember, the coach was apparently fired for such reasons as:
"taking the team as far as he could"
"losing the room"
"poor player utilization"
"special teams"
"advanced stats"
But also remember that the coach was replaced after key, core players like:
Gaudreau
Hamilton
Backlund
Brodie
all had career years. Monahan also had a very good year. This must bring scrutiny to a GM. Outside of Backlund all of the career year guys have not been very good this year, and Giordano and Monahan have also been poor. Perhaps Hartley had a better sense of the room than people thought? At least the highest paid players performed.
Can someone explain to me how a GM can be so successful against a deadline like a trade deadline, draft, start of free agency, yet be so incapable of saving a season before the end of November?
it's only 6 games in, I get it, but i'd have more confidence that we'll find our way out if our GM had made moves last year instead of letting the season be lost and pinning it to a coach.