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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
It's unfortunate because B.T. was dealt a pretty lame hand that was created by an absolute farce of a managerial team in Jay Feaster and John Weisbrod. .
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I don't agree with this. I would argue that Feaster/Weisbrod walked into a much worse roster, contract situation, prospect pool, as well as a mandate to compete for the playoffs.
Treliving was indeed in a rough spot after the team went to the 2nd round (for the first time in a decade) in his first year, with a roster built by feaster/weisbrod. I say rough spot, because Florida has taken a lot of flak for appearing to be a team on the rise last year, and then making so many changes going into this year.
In Treliving's assessment of the playoff qualifying roster, it wasn't a fluke, and the pieces were their to be a playoff bubble/contending team. He re-signed giordano to a contract which is far from ideal long term, didn't try to trade any players off the team, particularly wideman, who was at his his peak valuewise. He tried to ride a goaltending tandem that was just avg even the year before. In fact, he made it even worse by going the 3 headed monster problem.
I'll heed the advice of many posters here, and not judge the coaching hire just yet. But looking at the decisions to date, he has a lot to prove in assessing a roster and determining where they are at realistically.