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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
I don't think its that binary. I think in some cases bad teams are hiring bad, and in other cases they are firing good GMs.
Specific to the Flames, I believe that Button and Coates were both not given enough time to execution to their vision.
We are speaking a lot in this thread about broader organizational issues that plague bad teams, including the price paid for trying to accelerate the path to winning. Well, part of what breeds that is the historic time that a GM has been given to get there. This organization has a history of only giving a GM a short number of years to execute to the vision. So that means that GMs are only managing to that window. And that's not healthy.
I further believe that when you swap GMs you pay a price, including that the new GM will move out some pieces that maybe shouldn't be. If we look back at the Flames I would point to players like Martin St. Louis, JS Giguere and more recently Paul Byron as players that the previous regime was knowledgeable about and found of, but were moved out when someone took over. This is pretty common as the new person puts their stamp on things.
It's one of the reasons why this organization has been in a continual weak spot from an asset POV.
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All good points. When you press reset, there can sometimes be a few steps back. And the GM should certainly be given enough time to implement their vision. I would love to see big Treliving supporters spend more time explaining his vision for the team and articulate how his decisions have helped advance that vision.
All I'm really left is the possession stats showing the Flames are on the right track. But as others have said in other threads, those don't factor in all aspects of a hockey game.
Bottom line, it is troubling as to why a young, growing hockey team is trading away such valuable draft picks. I don't feel like I have enough information to evaluate BT but as owner I'd want to hear his plan for the team. And I'd be comparing it to what he was saying the last 3 years.