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Originally Posted by MarkGio
Yeah, you will always have people who blindly eat whatever is out of the hands of the organization. But there was a lot of people who thought firing Hartley was a bad decision.
In hind sight, Hartley made career-years out of a lot of players and only a few were slumping, even in years where the Flames were bottom of the standings. That's the best case scenario for any hockey club. And Hartley was supportive even though he was given a 3-headed goalie monster and young roster.
But GMs have their egos and want to hire their own guys, not the guys of the previous generation, regardless if they're the best man for the job or not
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Posts like this is probably why i defend GG more than i should. Getting players to have career years, playing in a river hockey like system, does not mean he is a good coach. Yes top players would love it for individual stats, but its not about individual stats, its about the team winning the stanley cup.
I'm not sure what the lure of Hartely is to some of you? If it was not for some very fluky comebacks in the 2nd year of his contract he would probably regarded much lower. There is a reason that when Roy left the Av's, and there was not much out there coaching wise to be had, that Sakic squashed the rumors in less than 24 hours that they would even think about Hartely as their new head coach.