From a Management perspective Murray Edwards probably doesn't give too much of a crap about the Flames - first, he's an expat, second (if you believe Forbes) he's made about $300 million by way of increased value over the past dozen years or so. He's not eating dog food and isn't losing money. Or sleep.
On the other hand, it must be somewhat embarrassing (at least?) to have a team that sucks continually. Oh - wait....there's that $300 million +. Well, Brad, just try to make them not suck too much please!
Tre is all about "the process" and then completely fails his own process when he doesn't even bother to interview for a coach. The most rattled I've heard him was that 960 hit on Friday - he's worried for sure. Not certain who he is worried about? Maloney?
I don't see improvement coming. Ward is stuck on a system (whatever it's supposed to be) that is passive and waits to see what the other team is leading with. And by the time they figure it out, they're down by two and out of the game.
Tre ain't gonna fire Ward. If anyone does anything I can only see it coming from above Tre, and if/when the Flames lose 2 to Toronto and then 2 more to Ottawa, it better happen then...but by then the season is forked.
(From a personal perspective, I'm gonna watch the first 10 minutes of the first TO game, and if it sucks, I'll record it, and move to something else. Maybe watch it on replay, maybe not. Watching in real time, even in the era of "nothing" is too disheartening and a waste of time.)
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