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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
This. There's a reason many here were underwhelmed with the hire and it's because there's nothing in his NHL career that points to him being a really good coach. No other teams were giving this guy the time of day after all. Being a good talker does not make one automatically a leader or men in a locker room. This hire was essentially a leap of faith by Treliving and to me that's a big mistake given the current state of the team that really needed a solid coach that could be able to get the best out of the players. He's had no answer for the struggles of Gaudreau, Bennett, Brodie, Monahan, Giordano. Monahan goes on the odd streak before disappearing but really the guys simply haven't got on track all season. A coach has to get his top guys going. That's his job and I don't buy that it takes half a season to get guys adjusted to a new system. We have seen enough of these players over the years to know that they shouldn't be playing this poorly.
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I generally approve of what Treliving has been doing but the Gulutzan hiring and the process was immensely screwed up I think. Obviously I don't know any of the details of the process that haven't been reported on or quoted but it seems like Treliving was very ineffective in trying to get one of the big name, highly qualified coaches that were available this past offseason. I'm not sure if he actually really liked Gulutzan and he was the #1 man or if they couldn't work out something with the others guys and Gulutzan was the only option. In any case, this was a terrible move.