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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
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 8 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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One of the factors with a big name coach is that players may not assume they are bigger than the coach in a power struggle.
I think this whole coaching thing right now is a strange debate. When Peters was fired, no one was really available and then Ward went on a nice run. It doesn’t look like Laviolette or Gallant are that interested in any team, at least not until the offseason. Boudreau is maybe interested but there’s so few games left now. Ward has been holding down the Fort fairly well, if won-loss records are any indication. I see nothing to indicate he’s some sort of shoo-in for the job next year. I’m sure he will get an interview out of courtesy at the very least.