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Originally Posted by Flames Fan, Ph.D.
Agree with your general thought process. But if the right coach is not available, what happens? If Treliving remains then he is stuck in a catch 22. If Treliving gets fired, the organization loses a relatively competent GM *and* is still without a good coach.
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Treliving has been here for several years and there have been some good moves and some stinkers.
Honestly, what is his impact on the team and its corresponding results?
Sutter got Kipper, plus the 2004 lineup enhancements and made it to game 7.
He arguably ran his course chasing that
Feaster blew it up, brought in Hartley and the always earned mantra, drafted Johnny etc. and started the rebuild, making the playoffs earlier than expected and winning a round.
Treliving has made the playoffs with Feaster’s roster, got to round 2, fired the Jack Adams winner that did that, and brought in a milquetoast coach that has the team underachieving and fans as frustrated as they have been since Brent Sutter.
What makes him relatively competent beyond the average GM again? Not on ice results atttrbutable to his roster moves. Yet. Good contracts for existing players, sure. Fine but average drafting. Poor professional scouting. Poor goalie management. Let’s call a spade a spade. The team is worse on ice than on paper and ultimately someone has to be responsible for that.