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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
But Tre didn't have a personal relationship with AV. And apparently you need to have a history with a coach to know if he's any good at coaching. Or at least that's been the approach of Flames management since forever.
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Previous work experience together certainly does appear to be a prerequisite to be hired by Treliving. I don't believe he has interviewed a veteran head coach as Flames GM. In 2016 most of the guys he interviewed were coaches that had maybe a single term as NHL head coach as well as Green. Maybe he's intimidated by successful coaches that have been in the league longer than him as he saw first hand a long tenured successful coach in Tippet win a power struggle over Maloney in Phoenix.