The whole "won't pay for top coaches " I do find strange. It just doesn't make logical sense to me.
Is it not possible that the Flames have a fairly strict internal budget and Treliving chooses to spend it on players and buyouts?
Combine that with a perhaps not too desirable destination, competition amongst other coaching vacancies and choosing based on fit an philosophy and an already small pool of candidates, its not so easy just to hire a proven coach.
This is not in defense of the situation, just in my opinion a far more likely situation to deal with.
This team seems to be unraveling, and perhaps Ward has lost the room. I'd like to see him gone. For better or for worse, this leadership group of players hasn't proven that they can handle the team. This group needs a strong leader behind the bench. Who that is, who knows.
If Treliving isn't already on thin ice and needs a hail mary to save his job he should be on the phone with any coach out there with any track record of success.
I doubt Sutter has much desire to come back, but I think he's too smart of a hockey guy to just come in and coach like its 2004. If Torts can adapt and have success. So can he. I think Sutter has been called a dinosaur through every hockey generation he's been through, yet success follows him around.
It can't get much worse around here, so why not swing for the fences.
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