I'm in the camp that believes the roster needs changes but the head coaching hires have not been good enough. Arguably the worst organization in the league when it comes to identifying and hiring head coaches. Jim Playfair, Mike Keenan, Brent Sutter, Bob Hartley, Glen Gulutzan, Bill Peters, soon to be joined by Geoff Ward. That's not just a list of the last 7 Flames head coaches, that's a list of head coaches that never got work as an NHL head coach again after coaching the Flames. What's even worse is that I don't think any of them even got interviews for head coaching jobs after. This organization really needs to hire really good head coach if it's going to get out of this endless cycle of mediocrity.
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