Four people in the GM role (Sutter, Feaster, Burke, Treliving) and five in the Head Coach role (Playfair, Keenan, B. Sutter, Hartley, Gulutzan) since 2007. Continual changes in management and corporate "vision" are disruptive for any workplace, let alone one that is time-sensitively linked to players' ages and development.
Treliving certainly has some work to do with this roster, but the changes he'd implemented last off-season were heralded league-wide. Players underperforming cannot be pinned entirely on him and/or the coaches. After all, if the reasons floated over the summer for Hartley's ousting are to be believed, it was the players who wanted the change. They (the players) have a good deal of culpability here, methinks.
Treliving will gain decent maneuverability at the end of this season, via expiring contracts. My vote goes to giving him at VERY least one more off-season to provide a supporting cast to the core kids.
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