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Originally Posted by transplant99
With this organization it has been coach after coach after coach with very little responsibilities placed on the guys on the ice. And here we are once again. Players skating by ...because while a guy most have regarded throughout the hockey world as a very good coach gets tossed aside once again because of the prima donnas making all the money who know they cant all be turfed.
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You can't use previous eras and apply it to the current players. The Iginla era with Playfair, Keenan, and Sutter has nothing to do with the current core of players.
I don't see a lack of effort out there from the core, some players just aren't as good as hyped (see Dougie) and some are being totally mis-used (see Brodie). I see fundamental problems with the system.
While I believe firing Hartley was the right thing to do, I don't believe it was because the players didn't play for him. A new coach was needed, but Treliving got mesmerized by GG's BS. Tre needs to man up and fire GG and hire a real coach. There are two high end coaches available right now in Darryl Sutter and Dave Tippet; there is no excuse.