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Originally Posted by cannon7
Putting Gulutzan aside for a moment. The Flames' core of Gaudreau, Giordano, Monahan, Brodie, Hamilton -- have been nothing short of disastrous. Are there any examples of coaches who have overcome their core effectively disappearing on them? Because that's pretty much what has happened to this coaching staff. Maybe Giordano isn't the captain he was once touted to be. Maybe this group is a lot more fragile than the team we saw in 14/15.
When I think to myself it's time to fire Gulutzan, I have to stop myself and remember that the Flames' core has yet to show up for a consistent sixty minutes this season. I'm not sure any coach could survive that.
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This begs the question though. Did the core disappear because of GG or in spite of him? I don't profess to know the system but, to me, it looks like a slow boring style of hockey that oppositing teams just devour. We can't get out of our own end and certainly can't get into the offensive zone with any certainty. Guys standing at the blue line seemingly not knowing what to do.