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Originally Posted by Vinny01
He walked into a team that had missed the playoffs 5 years in a row and hadn’t won a series in a decade or a division in 8 years. In his 7 years they will have made the playoffs 4-5 times, won a round, and had the best regular season in 30 years. I don’t know if I call that a lack of progress?
I also think it is likely they give Conroy a shot as he has been in management for 10 years being groomed by the org. Most companies prefer to promote from within vs going outside for a hire so I agree with Text that the next guy coming in will be another rookie
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Sure, its progress to move from terrible to moderately competitive. But at the outset of the rebuild what was the goal? To build a team capable of making the playoffs more frequently, but rarely get past the first round? That's not much different than the entire history of the franchise.
The bar is always set so low for this team. The rebuild should've been the path to building a contender. You can't guarantee a Stanley Cup, but it would be nice to see a team that could at the very least make noise in the playoffs and look like they had a shot at it for a few seasons. It doesn't look like that has materialized with this rebuild, and Treliving has overseen the majority of it.
Look I like a lot of what he's done too. But the results I think most fans are hoping for just haven't been there. He's running out of time for this iteration of the Flames to get it done.