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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Thanks. I think all of your thoughts about Sigalet's retention are certainly plausible.
My point in noting the length of his tenure and the fact that he has not been replaced was not to suggest that Treliving is infallible. I was rather pointing out that he has not been the least bit hesitant to make sweeping changes for the improvement of the team. Given his MO, it seems completely out of character for Treliving to give anyone a pass if they were not doing their job.
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One thing I want to point out, is that everyone Treliving HAS fired has had a degree of success that wouldn't prevent them from finding another job
Bob Hartley won coach of the year, with Cloutier as his perennial sidekick
Dave Cameron had a top 10 PP in 2017. He also had his share of success before that.
Glen Gulutzan had a playoff team in 2017 and strong underlying numbers in 2018
Paul Jerrard had a had top 14 and top 7 PKs in 2017 and 2018
I think if Sigalet were fired, he wouldn't get another NHL job. I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility that Treliving would be more willing to fire Sigalet after a truly strong year for goaltending, as strange as that may sound.
But it's looking more and more like that's never gonna happen.
Likewise, Gelinas never really had any success as a PP coach, but was kept around with a pretty poorly defined role.
The "these are real people" aspect of the job, IMO, is something that influences Treliving's management style. He wants to believe Sigalet can get the job done. Most of us do, but are more jaded than that.