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Originally Posted by Textcritic
If Gulutzen is a good NHL coach, then we will know it by the end of the season. Your opinion as to what is best for this team is only that: an opinion, and not an especially relevant one at that. The Flames GM hired a coach that fit his criteria for what this team needs at this juncture. Given his own experience and credentials you will never convince me after 16 games that you have a better handle on what this team needs than he does.
My point stands: young coaches often struggle in the early-going, and it is far too soon to make conclusive judgments about Gulutzen here in mid-November.
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Keep the opinion banter to a minimum....everything on here is an opinion and in this case we are lined up on opposite sides.
My argument is that this team will be a training ground for someone that may some day be a good coach will come at the cost of losing development years from this core. Your argument that he may one day be a good coach also stands. These are not mutually exclusive statements, but for the many reasons I have listed in this thread previously, I believe this is the wrong coach and we should cut our losses. BT wanted to hire a teacher...that's what he did. Unfortunately for us he didn't hire a coach.
Let's reflect in a year's time as to what should have been the correct path forward as no matter the fan resistance, we are stuck with GG until at minimum a better option comes available and likely for at least the year. The worst thing that can happen is a faux run at the end of the season giving management the false idea that we should waste next year with him also if he is in fact the dud that I suspect he is.