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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
^Good post up until the end. I don't know why people need to assume just because they have a different view that they aren't being as objective. The reality is that we all have our biases. So assuming one view is more/less objective is more often than not - not particularly valid, and a way that folks dismiss opposing views rather than seek to understand them.
I will say for me I am NOT in love with this team. Something is off with it. I don't think the players are committed. But I think the GM assembled a talented team, and I place more of the blame on the players than the GM. At some point the talent you assemble has to execute.
But others are welcome to disagree, and that doesn't mean they aren't being less objective.
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I agree, something is off and it’s hard to pinpoint year to year, especially with how freaking inconsistent this team has been. In the playoffs, out of the playoffs, in the playoffs, out of the playoffs.
I’m not in love with the build of this team either.
I do think as an organization the Flames haven’t been able to hire a top tier, or even above average head coach and that this has had a significant impact on the team. Darryl Sutter was the last outright good coach this team had. I also think the lack of quality goaltending has hurt this team every year since Kipper retired. Every damn year we make excuses for the goalies when the reality is we just haven’t had a top-15 goalie in almost a decade.
The players absolutely need to be held accountable, but the management does as well (and Tree openly discusses the fact that he’s ultimately responsible for everything). Until we get top-15 goaltending and have an above average head coach, the inconsistencies will continue. We’ll continue to be nothing more than a bubble team that falters in the playoffs every year (when we make it).