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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Hartley helped the team over-achieve for one season, but that's about it. By the end of his tenure the players had tuned him out. There's a reason he hasn't had a sniff at another coaching job in the NHL.
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This argument is overrated. People used to say the same about Darryl Sutter before he came back with Kings to n two Cups. Hartley himself had been in Europe before hired by Flames, winning a round and Jack Adams
Hartley is also 57. He may not have enough intensity for his coaching style to be effective (see Keenan's tenure with the Flames when he was semi-retired and useless). It doesn't mean Hartley did a bad job with the Flames.