This is the first time I’ve said it’s time to move on from Treliving. His coaching decisions were the detriment of his time as GM.
Fire Hartley after his goalies don’t show up only 1 year after he wins the Jack Adams. Lots of people say he had to go and that the players hated him, but he got the most out of this core when it mattered most.
After firing Hartley, he brings in Gulutzen who has no track record. One of the worst coaching hires I’ve ever witnessed.
Fire him and bring in an old school, hard ass coach in Peters. The problem is that he had never proven anything. Usually the hard ass coaches are more effective when they’ve won something. That’s my take.
Then they fire him after his inexcusable racist comments and let another unproven NHL coach Ward ride it out. That’s sometimes the right option, but not when Gallant and Laviolette are free.
How are players supposed to develop and succeed when all of that is going on? Gulutzen, Peters then Ward? Brutal.
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