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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
Why do people keep forgetting context?
Keenan’s team was 2nd and 3rd in the NW.
The year he was fired, they were decimated by injuries down the stretch and hobbled in to the playoffs. They played against Chicago without Regehr (knee), Phaneuf had broken ribs and Sarich a fractured foot. Warrener was also out at that point. I think Langkow had broken hand(s) as well.
They took Chicago to 6 games.
I know that all people point to is the end result but he had a pretty darn good set of reasons why they bowed out in the first round.
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Context is irrelevant when you're talking about success, unfortunately
Close only counts in horseshoes - 2nd and 3rd in the 2nd and the same number of 2nd round appearances as gulutzan who had Elliott as his goalie
Either way the excuses for why these teams all failed to achieve playoff success is not the point, but rather that the type of coach hasn't mattered in Calgary for a long, long time. Fans who aren't in the room and have no idea what the locker room dynamics are like calling for a hard ass coach is laughable because we have zero idea whata really going on. When people draw parallels to how their shop foreman runs a family owned business compared to how Glen gulutzan manages the flames it just makes me shake my head