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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
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.
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It's one of the reasons I was kind of shocked that Treliving has been deemed the 2nd best GM in flames history. Inability to get a proven coach, especially with good ones available while he was trying to fill the role, is definitely part of Treliving's legacy.