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Originally Posted by Racki
I've said it before and I'll repeat it. I appreciate the coach's defenders because they have something I lack - patience.
However, deep down I think even they know that we have the wrong coach. He has coached all the creativity out of this team. Even the wins are boring.
It's fine to preach patience but when game 82 rolls around we will be on the outside looking in and at that point I know that all of us in here will be left to wonder what could have been if we'd had an actual NHL coaching staff.
To make matters worse, Garth Snow, the most maligned GM of the past decade will use our first round pick in the NHL entry draft because we mortgaged the future for this version of our beloved Flames. Let's hope that lottery ball doesn't take a miraculous hop like it did for New Jersey and Philadelphia last year.
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I agree with this. I totally understand why his supporters want to believe he's doing a lot of good and the advanced stats are show better possession than under Hartley. That said I am going to give them the benefit of the doubt that they have watched enough hockey over their lives and seen enough teams to realize deep down that this isn't working out and that it's not likely ever going to work out. In almost 1.5 seasons he's coached this team to a below .500 record in regulation and again I will give his defenders the benefit of the doubt to realize that's not indicative of a coach or team that is moving in the right direction.
His situation is not really a lot different than Brian Elliott last season. Like Gulutzan a great guy that you really wanted to succeed. I really wanted him to work out and defended him a lot during the season even though deep down inside I could see he was not going to be the long term fix for the Flames goaltending situation. It played out as his detractors predicted much as I feel Gulutzan will play out as I don't expect him to be the coach of this team next season.