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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
The fact that the team is struggling so far under Gulutzan does not retroactively make Hartley a better coach.
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Exactly. The way the team played under Hartley wasn't conducive to long term success. I feel they probably would have been better this year under Hartley with the two new goaltenders but that probably has more to do with the replacement coach looking pretty clueless to date. For a guy that was already an NHL head coach for two seasons prior to the Flames he sure looks green. I have no idea what he's doing with the defensemen this season and worse is that it looks like he has no idea. The fact that all the teams best players are playing with zero confidence also reeks of a coach that simply doesn't have a grasp of how to lead a team. It's imperative the Gulutzan starts getting his best players to start playing better or this season is going to be a major black eye for Treliving.