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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Bob Hartley - hasn’t coached in the NHL since leaving the Flames
Glen Gulutzan - is an assistant coach with the Edmonton Oilers
Bull Peters - hasn’t coached in the NHL since leaving the Flames
Geoff Ward - do you think he’ll be a head coach after he’s does his short stint as Flames head coach? Is there something that strikes you about his coaching ability? His line-up construction?
It isn’t exclusively the coaches, but if you think we have a good coach or that coaches don’t matter...I just don’t get it.
I absolutely also believe there are leadership issues on the ice, and roster construction issues in the GM’s office - but Ward is not a good head coach, and yeah - I guess at the end of the day all of the mediocrity falls on the shoulders of Treliving. It is just a shame that the team he built on the ice will never get to experience an even above-average head coach.
This team has won 7 games, and lost 7 games in a weak division. This is “window to compete”? Treliving has built an absolute pile of mediocrity.
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Really curious as to who this magical being is that will somehow make sure these guys execute every single night when it is painfully obvious they themselves know they are the ones who arent doing so.
Is Ward a good coach? Who knows? I do know that I myself havent anywhere near enough data to make a determination on that. He hasnt even been behind the bench for the equivalent of a full NHL season....and is doing this job without ever having a full training camp, during a pandemic that doesnt allow the normal team bonding/building, and in buildings that being empty can have a real effect on the emotion guys play with. He could have the best system in the entire NHL and we would have no clue when the best players simply cant execute the most fundamental aspects of it.
I keep going back to simple little 5 foot passes because they gassed about 20 of them last night. It was hard to watch. There is not a hockey strategy in the world that doesnt include such abilities cause you cant play the game properly without them. Full stop.
I also know now that this core group of players has now been through 3 previous coaches who were all unable to get those same players executing their wants on a consistent basis over and over again. Last night was just a giant microcosm of what has ailed this team (to varying degrees) for 6 years now. The constants through that time are the top line players...coaches have come and gone, but results remain the same. Blame the coaches.
I know what I'm seeing night in and night out, and amazingly when they execute things asked of them, they win most nights. When they dont, they lose. Weird.