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Originally Posted by squiggs96
I think GG is a terrible coach. I'm glad he's in Edmonton. I hope McLellan gets fired and they promote GG to head coach. I also wasn't high on Peters. He wasn't one of my top choices. I hope he works out, and I'm cheering for him, but whether he works out or not does not mean GG was a good coach. If Peters fails with this roster that doesn't mean GG was good.
One thing to point out is Peters first 11 games is that it's his first 11 games with the Flames, while GG already had 86 games the previous year.
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I don't think it's fair to say he is terrible. There was a terrible result here, no doubt, and he showed to be terrible at a few aspects of coaching.
My take is that he his system has proved to be great at outshooting, outchance-ing, and out possession-ing other teams. Where he failed miserably was in-game adjustments, specific player utilization, and tweaks to the system that would allow for more capitalization on the chances we were already getting.
imo his system, as is, is perfect for the AHL. With the lower overall skill level having the puck more and having more scoring chances will lead to more wins but it doesn't take into account the individual skills of certain players.
I honestly think if he is ever given another chance to be a head coach and he can see the flaws in his coaching style and correct them, he could be a really good coach. Torts, changed his style from being too hard on guys, and he seems to be having a revival of sorts, Gulutzan just needs to start holding players more accountable and making adjustments sooner when things aren't working.
In game adjustments and tweaks to accommodate specific players styles of play is honestly not that big of a thing to change, it just seems like an impossible hill to climb when we look at the overall outcome of what happened. But if he learns from his mistakes and tries to correct them I think he could end up being a pretty good NHL coach.