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Originally Posted by Toonage
Captain Obvious statement on my part, but loser organizations don't fire coaches & GMs frequently because they make the right call when hiring those positions. The Flames, I believe, made the right call with Treliving. He did not make the right call with Gulutzan. His next one, given what he knows now and what he has shown as a GM, is likely to be that right decision. I truly believe that.
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Except that he’s going to choose another coach that’s virtually identical to Gulutzan. Does anyone remember how long the process took to finally hire GG? Treliving took his sweet time making sure that whichever coach he selected checked off all his boxes.
If a new coach is hired, our GM is going to select the same type of coach because he will be checking off all the same boxes. The fundamental root of this team’s problems is the philosophy.
What’s the objective of hockey? To outscore your opponent. Well I didn’t like odds of that happening when Tre said in the summer that goal scoring was going to be the team’s biggest problem.
One thing that hasn’t been a problem though, we certainly play with a lot of edge and truculence since we’re the most penalized team for the second year in a row. But why worry because our mediocre PK will just bleed goals while our forward group that’s 80% muckers and grinders will save this team with all the skill and talent they possess.
Face it people, this team has fundamental flaws that flow all the way up to top of the organization. If anyone looked at the best teams in the league and how they’ve been built, it’s definitely not the same as ours.