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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
I find it laughable that so many people in this fanbase believes that every player will just automatically pick up their game once the Flames fire GG; as if his coaching has stunted all of their play or something. I don't know if it's because so many people here fall in love with a player and can't fathom the thought that they're really just not that good, i'm really not sure.
But what I do know is that we've seen 14 coaches in the last 29 years and we've seen basically the same results every year. Only 2 times has this franchise been out of round 1. So, if anyone actually thinks that firing another coach is going to be the answer, then they may truly be insane as we can continue doing the same thing over and over and over again, but until this organization and fanbase fixes the way we think, we're probably going to have another 30 year run of mediocrity.
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Such a hollow statement as there's not a lot of quality in that quantity of coaches. You only have to list the names of those coaches to know why the results have been the same. This organization has done a terrible job of employing good coaches. You notice the list of winning head coaches show coaches that have coached many teams but never the Flames outside of Darryl & Keenan (who was brought in way past his prime)? One good coach since the 80's and no coincidence the only success this organization has had since then was under that one coach. I've repeated it over and over but the guys this organization hires to coach it's teams rarely if ever coach again in the NHL as a head coach. That's a massive problem.
Say what you want about the Leafs paying Babcock $50 million but for them being a winning organization again is worth it. With the wrong coach that organization would be the same mess the Flames are today. This organization really needs to hire a good coach. He doesn't even have to be Babcock or Quenneville great but he needs to be a guy that other teams would consider hiring because of his merits as a head coach. If you don't have a good coach your team has lost the race out of the gates regardless of what you have on the roster. The 2017/18 Flames never really had a chance with this coaching staff.