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Originally Posted by evman150
Fire Eakins already.
Where is Mike Keenan when you need him?
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At least Eakins was a fairly hyped and sought after coach when the Oilers hired him and then he was exposed. He was at the time considered a big NHL HC prospect.
I don't think too many people were pounding on Gulutzan's door. And the sad thing is that when you read the Dallas postmortem after they fired him, their team was having the exact same issues as ours is now. This should have been completely predictable.
I feel bad because I am sure he is a great guy, but I don't see anything showing he should be an NHL HC. If it's true that they only gave him a 1-year "show me" deal, then I don't think they were sold either.
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Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
Anyone still defending the hiring of GG is delusional.
He was never the choice of the Flames; just the only guy left when they fired Hartley and couldn't' land their choice replacements.
I think back to the threads after Hartley was fired and the crowd the believed Treliving and co knew what they were doing.
I really do hate to say we told so you...
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I agree. When you look at the time line from firing Hartley, who was available, then when they signed with other teams; it seems obvious that they didn't get their guy and then had to sort through the NHL laundry hamper full of sock puppets.