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Originally Posted by thymebalm
On the contrary, Gully has been gifted the best roster the Flames have iced in many seasons, and was given the full reins to implement his system. He was given every chance to succeed by Treliving. He was not given a garbage roster or a 3 headed goalie monster or any of that nonsense.
No excuses.
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Sure, but he also inherited:
- Stars players undergoing their first head coaching change in the NHL
- 3 players now playing under their biggest contracts ever
- Implementing a new system in a training camp without your 2 best players and giving ice time for PTO players to be evaluated
- Expectations that this team may go from a top 5 pick to winning or at least contending for the pacific division
- Also hired as a 'players' coach, not a Bob Hartley type coach
Look, I'm not saying this should give him a pass on the team's performance. The on ice product has been terrible and the things that we were told he was here to change have not changed. However, I do think there are few coaches that would have walked into the above situation and succeeded, especially the caliber of coaches available when Hartley was fired.
Whether it was Gully, Travis Green, Nate Leaman, etc. I think any of them would have had a rough start and that's on management.