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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
Team starts off operating with a mix of pieces from the old system, adding in bits of the new, and also relying a bit on their own devices, until they learn the new coach’s system, at which point the opposition builds the book and is able to game plan for the final product of the system.
Remember old Brent Sutter that started off with a perpetual playoff team, complained about how they were winning, and fixed their defensive game until they were a perpetual non playoff team?
How much can we even bother to defend Ward here? He wasn’t even Treliving’s choice for the head coaching job.
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The bottom line is this doesn't need to be a fault finding exercise. The Flames need different players AND an upgraded coach. The team needs the GM to make the correct moves.
Coaching is the most significant upgrade they can make without having to trade anyone. Treliving has caused this build of the Flames to have questions marks for far longer than it should. Get the elite coach and start trimming your roster from there.
Giving the benefit of the doubt to Gulutzan and Peters is dumb, they've won precisely nothing in the NHL playoffs.