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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
I think as soon as Ward rattled off 7 straight wins he cemented his spot as Flames coach for the rest of the season, right or wrong.
He's also a guy Teeliving brought in here from another organization with the carrot on a stick of being Associate coach, which typically means being the interim after a coach is fired (unless they're Hartley/Cloutier or Gulutzan/Jerrard types who are a team).
There's also a personal aspect where Treliving is probably tight with Ward.
Geoff Ward isn't a good head coach. But for better or worse Treliving's not gonna fire Ward, at least not until deep into the offseason when everyone else is already employed.
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I know Treliving preaches patience but if he waits too long the list of available coaches will get snapped up somewhere else. The talent is there but the right coach can move them along quickly. Personally I wish we had hired Darryl, he may have been short lived but the young guys would have learned quickly how to be the hardest working team while following a rock solid game plan.
Had Treliving done that a lot of our young guys would have molded with higher expectations. Instead an inexperienced GM at the time, hired Glen Gulutzan, an inexperienced coach. Glen Gulutzan couldn't get the players to follow a system. Constantly experimenting at the time when we needed wins. His usage of players and his dreaded PP, what a waste! Why not just hire a proven coach? Seems pretty simple strategy to hit a home run a lot quicker.
Hoping he gets it right this time so we can get this team moving along.