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Originally Posted by djsFlames
Not great decision making by Dougie but sounds like Treliving needs better communication lines between the front office and the players. Important to maintain positive relationships with the guys and take their feedback on the state of things as well. The results over the last few years speak for themselves. I see a skilled team that at the end of the day doesn't really want to go to battle for the coaches. Obviously there were issues with Hartley and again with Peters. Sounds like Tre needs to be a little more in touch with his players concerns. His Peters hiring was poor and whether they keep Ward or go elsewhere, the next decision had better be an improvement on the last one.
The players have by all accounts come out and said that its a tight knit group in terms of the players, but you don't hear glowing remarks about the relationships with the coaches. Hope the GM isn't tuning those things out. Johnny trying to tell the coach he's got to take a time out to no avail was a little concerning.
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I think you're onto something. Organizational behaviour is very often overlooked these days, but if you actually think about it, being the pops of Boston Pizza tycoon, Treliving has led a pretty privileged life. I'm sure he's used to business dealings and negotiating, etc. The part I question is how does he deal with non-executive people? It seems year in and year out there are problems with players or coaches, and after seeing this, you have to wonder what's going on upstairs. I think Treliving despite the non-winning seasons, is a good exec based on most of his deals, but people person to the "little" guy - completely questionable.
Bennett?
Gaudreau
Neal
Hamilton
Revolving door of coaches
There are people who are task oriented, there are people who are people oriented. Most execs by nature are task oriented on the spectrum, and because of that you get disconnects as the ends justify the means based on results. Again, I don't know if this is the case with Treliving, but there have be an abnormal amounts of seeming disgruntled people around, but I wonder if it's too beneath him to work with the little guy (to put it harshly).