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Originally Posted by Draug
It could be that the Flames win despite the coach, not because of him.
If one were to bring up a coaching change during a win streak, the rebuttal from the GG supporters would be "We are winning. What more do you want?". Bring up a coaching change after a loss, and the rebuttal will be "It is one game. Relax. We need to patient". It's a lose - lose.
By the time it can be unequivocally proven we need a new coach, the season will be lost. I get the frustration. At the same, I hear where the GG supporters are coming from too.
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Do you not see the difference between a winning streak, which usually shows consistent good play and "a loss" which is the world's smallest sample size?
If the team generally is playing poorly despite having good players, that's on the coach at any time. But the Flames have generally played very sound hockey this year. They have special teams holes and individuals sometimes, being human, have bad games. This last game was a snowball effect of numerous catastrophic errors combined with a lack (heh) of incredible saves. Had the Flames been rewarded after a pretty good start I think they win that game. The same team, however, played an incredibly good game just prior to that one.