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Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN
You don't pull him after the 4-4 goal. It's a tie game and Rittich is cold and you're gonna throw the best offence at him?
You don't pull him after the 5-4 softy either. It's still a game that they could come back in. And you don't call the timeout there either. You're down 1, you need to bank it for the late surge.
This is not on GG tonight.
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It was 4-4 at the 2nd intermission and Smith was looking very rattled. Give Rittich the intermission to prepare mentally and warm up going into the 3rd and who knows what would have happened? But no, he waits until Smith lets in another bad one. Just like the playoff series vs. the Ducks last year.
People keep on saying the importance of in-game adjustments are overstated. But you have to acknowledge it's part of the job of being a Head Coach. And the same people who defend Gulutzan also defend Treliving.
So our GM has assembled an awesome roster, GG is a good coach who has implemented a great system; underlying stats show that the Flames are really good even though they keep losing. It's all luck? Is anyone accountable? Are we eventually allowed to be disappointed and point fingers?