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Originally Posted by Mathgod
Excellent post. Mortgaging the future to try and improve in the short term is almost always a recipie for disaster. That being said, there is no substitute for quality scouting & drafting. Case in point the team north of us, despite years of top picks and winning the McDavid lottery, they are still dreadful. Then again you could look at a team like Pittsburgh which is based around Crosby and Malkin, a #1 and a #2 draft pick.
These past 13 seasons have been so frustrating for us. Just one playoff series win against an injured Canucks team. That's literally it. Despite a major rebuild, we don't seem to be that much farther ahead than we were before it. Our playoff hopes this year are quickly fading, and we basically don't have any draft picks in this upcoming draft. Where are the reasons for optimism? I can't seem to find any...
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Optimism for me is hopefully we get a coach who has a clue in the game management department.
I like GG, seems like a good guy, and I think his overall hockey IQ/systems design is good - just he's terrible as a head coach and getting the "feel" of a game.
He almost runs the Flames like video game hockey - you roll 4 lines no matter what. Don't bother changing up the lines because the players are robots and won't have extra good/extra bad days.
I wouldn't mind GG as an assistant or associate behind a better bench managing coach. I.E. I think he would have worked well with Hartley, provided Hartley would have been cool with GGs systems.... Now, I am not saying I want Hartley back or anything, just that GG is more of a complimentary coach, and not HC material.