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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Hartley's time with the Flames is romanticized because he got them to win a round, which is very rare around these parts, and always had a clever quip for the media.
But he was a bully and I don't have much time for people like that.
Doesn't mean Tre has made the right choices since. But just because he chose the wrong next coach, doesn't mean it wasn't the right decision to fire Hartley.
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And let me be clear. I didn’t say that Hartley wasn’t a bully.
Just TC had a very simple narrative, which I think is too simple, and a lot of things happened that year.
You could argue that GM Tre may have sent a very young team an unintended message when he fired Hartley.
Shelf life aside, Hartley brought in a couple of things. Identity and accountability.
Coincidentally, the team has had a not unrelated set of concerns for years now.