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Originally Posted by nik-
Every time someone mentions firing Hartley as a negative I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. Did one playoff series win riding insane luck just erase everyone's memory of everything else?
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To me, Hartley was a better coach than Gulutzan for several reasons:
1) Hartley tuned in the refs for bad calls
2) Hartley showed emotion when his team wasn't performing
3) Hartley's system was exciting to watch offensive, and while it resulted in injuries and bad possession stats, the Flames had fun tic-tac-toe plays and showed good 4-on-3 with the defensemen jumping up
4) Hartley did things like start his 4th line against the Sedins (automatic bonus point)
5) Hartley got career years out of Brodie, Giordano, Monahan, Stajan, Colborne, Wideman, and shaped Backlund and Byron to be the players they are
Versus Gulutzan, who's just apathetic to the game all the time and runs optional skates.