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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
It's important to add that nobody here believes it's all on Sigalet. None of the goaltenders above were elite and some were on the decline regardless of Sigalet's input. The issue is that the results were simply never that good and when that happens over a lengthy duration you have to look at all the contributing factors outside of just the players. Maybe we can't prove Sigalet was a bad coach but conversely nobody can prove he was a good coach. Change here is clearly the best outcome.
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I would go a bit further than this.
There's no way to prove Sigalet is a bad goalie coach, but I think statistically it's rather obvious he's probably nothing special.
I get that it seems unfair for people to want to get rid of a guy on those grounds, but top level pro sports is not like most jobs. On this level, replacing guys who are not better than average is reasonable and normal.
Personally I think what the Flames did is a much better idea than just replacing Sigalet. Trying to improve by finding a better man for the same job will sometimes succeed, but your odds aren't great, because most guys can't be better than average.
However, putting more resources into something has a very good chance of improving the results.
Doing this in the middle of the corona crisis also makes it clear that Treliving sees this as a really high priority move. It's not completely unexpected, but I find it surpring that they're creating new jobs NOW.
I'm sure people working for the organization appreciate that Sigalet didn't get thrown under the bus for not meeting vague and impossible to measure expectations. The Flames looked at this as a "we could do better" thing, not a "you could do better" thing.
Doesn't mean it will actually help, but it's worth a shot.