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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Because Talbot disappeared for 10 minutes.
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Which is standard operating procedure for a goalie that gets pulled - they are frustrated and upset.
If only there were something that the coach could have done in that situation, if his plan were to put him right back in... like maybe - just spitballing here - TALK to Talbot as he comes off and tell him that?
A timeout would was the right play. But doing what he did (or intended to do) simply required a little communication.
Also, if the Flames' mgmt was concerned with Rittich's preparation, practice habits, and readiness,
and Ward put him into that game anyway, that is an even worse blunder.
I don't think one situation like this should define a coach, or get him fired, but there is absolutely no defending what he did.