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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
So I just finished reading 7 pages of this thread. I don't recall a handful of posts calling out the core/best players on this team. Timbit said the top players were awful. Is that the only post? But page after page after page of how Ward sucks.
Is there a slight chance that this team just isn't very good? That when the Flames best players have a bad game that maybe the team will look bad?
I'm not saying Ward is a great coach, but I really feel like the top players on this team are really getting a massive free pass (yet again) here tonight. Your best players have to be your best players and also have to be some of the best players on the ice. Far too often, under multiple coaches, this core has not consistently been the best players on their team, or on the ice.
Blaming the coach is easy. Realizing the core of this team just may not be that good is a tougher pill to swallow. We all wish this core was elite. They're not. Should have made big changes last season. Expect more of the same for the rest of the season unless big changes are made ASAP.
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At this stage it's pretty clear the top players and players in the leadership group are a huge problem. I'm harping on the coach because he didn't have a contract as head coach in the summer, and did nothing to justify his hiring.
The hiring of Geoff Ward was every bit as dumb as maintaining the same group of on-ice leaders and core players. Both were just moronic decisions.
The core of this team should not have been kept together, and the leadership group needs a complete overhaul.
...and hiring a high quality coach would be nice to see for once.
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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
There was literally a major trade this past week involving core players.
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Exactly. There are no excuses for Treliving's inability to address the core of this team. Not in the off-season, and not now. Changes are required. One of the teams involved gave up one of their top players in exchange for a player they wouldn't get to play for 2 weeks, and they still got 5 of 6 points from us in a 3 game series. There are no excuses.