Yeah good guy and I feel for him but comes across as a bit tone deaf.
He lost his job because the flames NEVER showed up in games that mattered under him. Swept in the playoffs. Owned by the oilers without a fight. Lost key games down the stretch this year with no battle.
He lost because he couldn't get this team to go to war. They played a decent if boring system with little emotion and mostly won games on nights when both teams were dispassionate/flat. Whenever the going got tough they folded.
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