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Originally Posted by Igottago
Sure, but if the Flames are continuously unable to land top flight talent behind the bench then the organization needs to ask itself why.
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Maybe it's weather - even Sutter loved living in LA. Maybe it's a non "Big City" perception (AV has only head coached in large cities - Vancouver was the smallest). Maybe he wants a cup right away. The constant on-line comments about personal traits, intelligence, demands for firings about a month into the job, etc. for the present coach can't help.
AV has had a job in the most and least demanding Canadian cities so he has a sense of the demands of the job and the community pressure. He makes $4M per year now (and $.25 in the last year) to do nothing. Depending on his contract, he might therefore have to make a lot more than that to even make it worth his while to coach in Calgary.
After him, and Sutter, who's comfortable too, what "top flight talent" are the Flames missing out on? It strikes me that they sought and got Sutter, he then hired his brother. Salary wasn't an issue there. Playfair was a pretty typical promote from within deal. Keenan was a Sutter choice from his previous contacts. Hartley was a Feaster choice. When GG was hired a lot of people were saying "no retreads" to guys like Boudreau.
I guess my point is that there's a lot of reading into things that's going on here.