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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
Big name coaches don't do squat for what they get paid. It's so overrated. A highly touted coach in Todd McLellan was a costly upgrade over Eakins and he's coached the Oilers who have McDavid to 2 actually noncompetitive years that could actually get a coach fired.
Mike Babcock didn't turn around the Leafs either. Adding a franchise center in Auston Matthews, wingers like Mitch Marner and William Nylander and a #1 goaltender in Frederick Anderson changed things around. Look at how many Jack Adams winners have ended up being fired shortly after winning.
Coaching in this league is basically all the same today. It's just same type of guy who shows you some video, asks you to play a style like all the other teams and relies on the top players to win them games. Changing a coach isn't going to fix the underlying problems with this team.
Also with Brodie, they have to play him on his left side. There's not other choice. That's the way this team was built. 3 lefties and 3 righties. You can't ask 2 defensemen to both play on their opposite sides, no coach does this and there's a reason why. with Brouwer, the guy has to play somewhere.
Fact is, we were down 3 regular right wingers in Frolik, Versteeg and Jagr. Of course Brouwer was going to play higher in the lineup and with more responsibilities. This team is not deep on forwards, that's not the coach's fault. There's a lot of scapegoating going around and not enough blame being spread around. All of the TEAM's problems do not rest on the shoulders of 1 guy.
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If your beliefs are true then you know more than the people running lots of NHL teams. There is an incentive by owners to cheap out on coaches as they can make more money. What is the incentive to pay super expensive coaches? Really need a business loss to offset a sweet investment?
Coaching matters. I don't think it's going to turn a bottom team into a top team, but I sure thing it could take a middle of the pack team and move them up to the top 3rd of the league, which is what I think the Flames can be. I think the Flames can be a top 10 team, just not with GG. I think he doesn't adapt his system to the strengths of his team, and I think he is too stubborn. To admit his mistakes.