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Originally Posted by Table 5
This is always the reasoning given with these coaching decisions, but when's the last time a Flames coach has went on to be a big name? Or even a consistent name.
If you're using the same strategy for 3 decades and getting the same crappy result, maybe try something new?
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Have all coaches in the last 30 years fit the mould of a newer HC who might become a big name?
I don't think so.
Ward has as many Stanley Cups behind the bench as Laviolette, Boudreau, and Gallant combined. And he's the only one to get his name on in the last decade.
Feels like people just want a name because it feels good. What makes anyone believe that a big name/consistent name would strategically be any better than Ward?
I wanted Gallant because I like the system he plays and I think it would work in Calgary. Ward, I'm not sure, we'll have to see what he looks like with a full year to work with. Frankly, I don't give a #### if the Flames go after a "name," who cares? Keenan and Hartley brought us so many Stanley Cups, didn't they?