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Originally Posted by cannon7
There's a concept in business that has grown in popularity, they call it "fail fast". If you're going to fail, better to do it quickly. Not sure why this concept hasn't spread to the NHL, instead we have GMs cling to bad decisions, often times wasting a full season in the process. Sure you can find examples of bad situations turning around, but these are the exception not the rule. In a game all about probabilities, you're far better off being probabilistically decisive than not.
As for drafting/developing well, the Flames GM has traded away how many first round picks now? 4? 5? That probably doesn't bode well for future success.
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I'm going to give Treliving the benefit of the doubt here, as it's possible he may be waiting on a guy like Quennville or AV to become available in the summer. You take yourself out of those sweepstakes by hiring a replacement midseason.
But, if he goes out and hires another retread/"diamond in the rough" type with no track record of success, and much better options are available (not unlike the GG/Boudreau situation) I'll be fully on board the "fire Treliving" train.