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Originally Posted by Fan in Exile
Your premise is wrong here. Hartley did not have anywhere near the roster to work with that GG had this year. If GG couldn't make things work this year, it's foolhardy to believe the team would succeed with him in the future.
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I don't think my premise is wrong at all. That 2015-16 team is very similar to this season in that the expectations were extremely high after sending a 1st, 2nd and 2nd for Dougie Hamilton. Also, Hartley had the chance to work with virtually the same core with Gaudreau, Monahan, Backlund, Frolik, Hudler Giordano, Brodie, Hamilton, Russell and etc.
The team failed to live up to major expectations and we finished 26th in the overall standings. As much as we love the run he gave us in 2014-15, his coaching tactics are outdated which may be the reason why he's still out of NHL work.
As for your last point, I completely disagree. All I've been doing in this thread is answer or respond to questions and remarks and today I'll flip the table here:
If the majority of people here feel like the coach is 100% to blame or 90% or whatever percentage. How do you guys explain Jared Bednar's 48 point Colorado team of 16-17 vs his current 95 point pace team? Or how about Boucher's 98 point Senator team that was 1 win away from the Cup Finals last year to his current 69 point pace team? How are these records so different despite having virtually the same roster and coaching staff?
*Duchene will probably be mentioned a lot, so I'll just mention that the Avs with Duchene this season went 8-5.