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Originally Posted by Bourque's Twin
The Hartley discussion is ongoing because, from the outside looking in, his termination seemed premature. He wins the Jack Adams then his goalies perform terribly the next season. Gulutzen was brought in and the team, despite being much better on paper, looks way worse in many categories that coaches should control. For example, work ethic, passion, tenacity, and handling adversity. Furthermore, Hartley produced a much more entertaining product and a handful of players were way better under his watch.
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Hartley performed better with less. No doubt about that.
But Hartley, like Feaster, was brought in as a caretaker to see the team through a rebuilding phase.
And he did his job and did it well.
The issue that we're running into right now is exactly as Enoch Root described it.
The guy that was picked as the successor had achieved worse results despite having more talent.
And thats why he has to be fired.