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Bingo · 02-23-2021, 10:59 AM

I like Trelving, I wouldn't fire him.

But I get that some want him gone.

If I like the way a GM approaches things I'd rather keep him. I realize I won't like every move he makes, but more often than not I see what he's trying to do, and agree with the model on paper.

But on the ice it hasn't worked.

If you would have told me 3 years ago that Sean Monahan and Johnny Gaudreau shouldn't be 2/3 of a top line I wouldn't have believed you. It just hasn't worked.

I personally don't blame the GM for that fact, and with that being the biggest issue in what he built not working I don't see that as a flawed GM and a necessary firing.

The coaching choices have been mired for sure, but then I think that also rolls into the core and the core not being what it should have been. Doesn't mean they were the right choices necessarily, but the impact on the coaching is certainly a factor.

But GMs and coaches are all hired to be fired, and that day will come.

Wouldn't be now for me, but I certainly don't see it as insanity to think differently.

02-23-2021, 10:59 AM	#280
Bingo Owner Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Calgary Exp:	I like Trelving, I wouldn't fire him. But I get that some want him gone. If I like the way a GM approaches things I'd rather keep him. I realize I won't like every move he makes, but more often than not I see what he's trying to do, and agree with the model on paper. But on the ice it hasn't worked. If you would have told me 3 years ago that Sean Monahan and Johnny Gaudreau shouldn't be 2/3 of a top line I wouldn't have believed you. It just hasn't worked. I personally don't blame the GM for that fact, and with that being the biggest issue in what he built not working I don't see that as a flawed GM and a necessary firing. The coaching choices have been mired for sure, but then I think that also rolls into the core and the core not being what it should have been. Doesn't mean they were the right choices necessarily, but the impact on the coaching is certainly a factor. But GMs and coaches are all hired to be fired, and that day will come. Wouldn't be now for me, but I certainly don't see it as insanity to think differently.