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Originally Posted by Racki
This is a pretty circular argument and most folks have positioned themselves firmly in their battle stations. Gulutzan has certainly become a polarizing figure.
We are flooded with statistics and analytics these days and I don't dismiss them out of hand but I still believe in the eyeball test and Gulutzan just doesn't pass the eyeball test for me.
Why does this team never look ready to go? Coming off two disappointing games they should be flying in the first 5-10 minutes tonight but I feel pretty confident that they will look unprepared and Colorado will have more jump than the Flames.
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That certainly is the $64,000 question. However, that has been
the issue for the Flames for more than a decade now.
Every year they seem to stumble out of the gate in October before turning it around later in the year.
Every game they seem to stumble out of the gate in the first few minutes before turning it around later in the game.
If this has been a systemic issue for the team despite coaching, management and player changes, then we have to conclude the issue lies elsewhere.
Maybe the issue is with the ownership above the management team? Maybe the issue is with our expectations that the team play a complete game when in reality no team play 100% every night? I have no idea but sine it's been going on since back in the Sutter days I'm inclined to belief it's not Gulutzan's fault.