[Royle9]

FWIW the guys on the fan this morning basically said the choice in Peter's is 2 fold:

1. He's from the area and he knows Brad - Literally when asked why they think he's the best fit that was sadly their only real answer. It didn't sound like any of them were sold that he was going to be the guy to turn it around.

2. Said Calgary would NEVER pay for a coach like AV/Trotz etc because they would command upwards of $4M a season and historically the flames just dont invest in coaching.


If it is Peters (and by all accounts it sounds like it will be) I'm not overly optimistic that he gets the job done. I'm not a stats guy, but the comparable's people have posted in this thread going back as far as 10+ years show he's not very successful at all.

I think what makes it sting more is that during Trelivings presser he specifically said 2 things: The first being "money wasn't an issue" when referring to hiring the next coach and two "We need a proven NHL winner"
One would assume that discredits Peter's from even being a candidate.

The sad thing is, going back as far as our last deep run (2004) I believe Darryl was the last coach we paid a "premium" for and the results kind of reflect that to some extent.