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Toonage · 02-01-2018, 06:55 AM

The Flames are probably paying those coaches league minimum to coach and in the case of Hartley, not to coach.

I see no evidence outside of paying Darryl Sutter to coach & be the GM, of the Flames paying a premium for their coaches.

I had a personal theory that Flames ownership is willing to open their wallets for players but not coaches and I got an earful from people but I still subscribe to this.

That doesn't mean you can't find a good coach (little experience, rookie, reclamation etc) for a good price but I do get the impression that there is a prevailing thought that coaching isn't as important to ownership as players are.

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Toonage Taking a while to get to 5000 Join Date: Apr 2007 Exp:	The Flames are probably paying those coaches league minimum to coach and in the case of Hartley, not to coach. I see no evidence outside of paying Darryl Sutter to coach & be the GM, of the Flames paying a premium for their coaches. I had a personal theory that Flames ownership is willing to open their wallets for players but not coaches and I got an earful from people but I still subscribe to this. That doesn't mean you can't find a good coach (little experience, rookie, reclamation etc) for a good price but I do get the impression that there is a prevailing thought that coaching isn't as important to ownership as players are. Last edited by Toonage; 02-01-2018 at 07:00 AM.