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Originally Posted by mrdonkey
Confidence alone doesn’t win games.
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Of course not, but that wasn't the point. I was responding to a poster who suggested that NHL coaches are leery of working in Calgary because they are concerned about getting another job beyond that. THIS IS NONSENSE. It is nonsense because every NHL coach—including ones with sub-standard track records like Gulutzan, or Eakins, or Reirden—does not get to the position he has without a supreme level of self confidence. THAT'S ALL. It is not a comment on who the Flames's next head coach should be. (Except maybe to say that hiring the guy who is sure he can turn the Flames into a winner is probably not the only metric that should be employed in the search.) It is a comment on this ridiculous notion that the Flames have become a pariah organization to be avoided at all costs by NHL coaches.
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Reirden is another in Treliving’s line of succession of no-name-brand head coaches with very little history of demonstrated success on the job. It would be the absolute most Flames move ever, and in my opinion a damning indication that he has no pulse on what this team needs. Just hiring guys he personally likes.
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So, perhaps we should let this play out before damning Treliving for a decision that he has not yet made.