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Originally Posted by djsFlames
...C) Sticking with Gulutzan and his coaching staff under which the team has a worse power play, worse penalty kill, marginally better 5 on 5 but are lacking confidence, are fragile, get blown out regularly, top players have all struggled to play their game, have been scored on with every empty net, and have no defined team identity or direction, as confirmed by some of the players. And show no sign of turning it around in time to salvage the season. In fact no sign of even turning it around, period. All because they afraid of it being labeled a "knee jerk" decision. Big whoop. This is a results oriented business. Francis can go ahead and enjoy writing up defenses for Gulutzan while the team plays out 4 and a half months of meaningless hockey...
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I can't speak for everyone, but as far as I am concerned this is patently false. I don't believe anyone is "afraid" of the optics of this decision. If anything, changing the coaching staff after 16 games smacks of desperation and hysteria.
Quite to the contrary, the reason Francis, Bingo and others are admonishing this fanbase to exercise more patience is because reactive responses are not the same as measured and rational responses. Far be it from management to fall for the easy solution and fire the coaches in a fit of panic. They are focused on results beyond just the 2016–17 season, and must weigh carefully their decision against what is best for the team two, three, four years from now and beyond. Such decisions should never be made on a whim.