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Originally Posted by Bingo

If the Flames deem Gulutzan has to go, then he has to go.

Not sure why the itchy trigger finger for some fans bugs me, but it does. I'll work on it though, you're all good fans and you're allowed to be angry at whatever you want.

If the man is a bad fit for the team the braintrust will make that decision.

Historically however, teams that blame the coach in every rotation tend to just keep on sputtering. You have to commit and let a guy get hold, and work with the old and young players to evolve your team.

Right now they are in the middle of a few different runs that to me don't seem sustainable ...

1) PK run of 33% for three straight games. That's pretty tough to do.
2) They are now 26th in the league at 6.27% in five on five shooting percentage, and 28th in all situations at 7.37% when the Flames have been top 7 in shooting percentage the last 4 years.

I've been pretty consistent in throwing the Oilers a bone this season because they have good underlying numbers, so I'm certainly going to give the Flames the same benefit of the doubt.

The season started with giving up too many shots, they've fixed that. Then they took too many penalties, they've fixed that.

To me that's coaching.

Now they have to loosen up offensively, which is largely mental.

I don't see that as a coaching issue, but I guess time will tell.

Quit being reasonable, even handled, and using of facts. This is the internet. We live on hyperbole and outrage.