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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
I don't disagree but I think it's more about the timing of how everything played out though.
If the Peters incident were to happen today (assume the Flames record is the same as it is right now) I wonder what the outcome would be.
At the time of the Peters incident I didn't think there really was a clear "name" out there that really made sense for the Flames to go out and chase.
Babcock was the only fired coach, and there was no way the Flames were going down that route.
But if that same decision happened now for example do the Flames still go with Ward and the interim tag? Or would they have taken a longer look at one of Laviolette, Deboer, Gallant?
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I think you're looking at it the wrong way here.
It doesn't necessarily have to be a 'name'. On one hand it just has to be a body, because now Gelinas is down on the bench instead of the eye in the sky. They lost a coaching body and I don't think have replaced it (i'm not sure about that). That says to me, whether a name was available or not, the Flames didn't have anyone even as a candidate in a process.
For instance, this announcement isn't that Gallant has been fired. It's that him and another coach have been fired because the Knights have already hired his replacement. Nothing ambiguous about it, the Knights were actively recruiting DeBoer before this.
The Flames I don't think had any such intention which is why Ward is still the interim guy, and the flames are paying him more to be head coach.
So even if Toe Blake or Scotty Bowman were available, the Flames wouldn't be in that market, presumably because they don't want to pay the cost for a top tier coach anyway. So whether DeBoer/Gallant/Laviolette were available or not, the Flames weren't going to be crossing that bridge I don't think. In fact, I think if the peters allegations hadn't come out, they would've let Peters coach out the year even if the team was in danger of missing the playoffs.
That's just how things have rolled previously.