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Originally Posted by cannon7
Gulutzan is not as bad a coach as he appeared to be in October/November. But he is still one of the most stubborn coaches I've seen when it comes to trying things that have proven time and time again to not work. Putting Eliott in last night was yet another, in a long list of flawed judgement calls that make me not want him back next season. He might be able to coach, but his poor decisions not only hurt the team, but he refuses to learn from those mistakes and just keeps making them. Your coach is allowed to make mistakes, he's not allowed to keep making the same ones over and over.
That being said, it's clear Gulutzan took the helm of an incredibly fragile team. I would very much like to root out the source of this apparent tendency for mental breakdowns. In 2014/15 the Flames seemingly could not be deterred, comebacks abound. Since then they've been a goal away from complete collapse. Maybe it is time to select a new captain.
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GG needs a mentor. He's a bright young coach who did some good things - but you can't expect your team to be mentally tough when, as coach, you do things that appear to be out of sheer stubbornness. Those things get misinterpreted by players (and fans).
Management is a tricky beast; having been in management pretty much all my working years, one needs to - among other things - listen, cajole and exhort - and make smart decisions. Doggedly playing Wideman, Grossman etc does not send the message that you are interested in making smart decisions. Why would players do so?
And his demeanor - that laid-back, take it easy and think about things style - needs sometimes to be chucked in his back pocket and replaced with some life.
I like what he's done - sort of - I just don't like the way he goes about it and think he needs a coach for his coaching.