If stability isn't getting you where you want to be I don't see any advantage to just hanging on for the sake of it. Pro sports isn't an enterprise where you just plant a seed and passively watch what materializes, you have to actively address weaknesses as they appear. 2 years is a decent sample size in professional sport. If the Flames don't get results this season, I'm not sure why anyone wouldn't be looking at what could be done behind the bench to improve things next year.
I believe the Flames have had a good level of patience with the rebuild, but they are entering a phase to be more aggressive about winning.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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