Yeah Hartley is in the past and I don’t know why we are talking about him. Tre inherited him and fired him first chance he got.
As for Ward, he has a ‘short leash’ with fans because he was hired by a guy with a dubious at best record of coaching hires, is inexperienced, and the roster is supposed to be done with the rebuild. This is the window.
Expectations for the roster are high as they were the second best team in the league 2 seasons ago, and some key positions have been improved on
Most people understand realistically that the Flames are stuck with Tre’s hire for at least this year and probably next
But expectations for the roster are high, and most games this year have been, well.. not that great
This city has seen years frittered away on bad coaches before. After enduring Brent years, and the blowup, I finally dropped my season tix between Gulutzan year 1 and 2. (You know, when the team and coaching were so painful that you would be fortunate to recoup STH cost if you couldn’t go.)
Some people look at what’s happening on the ice, and think the coach is accountable for his part in it.
Hey, Ward may possibly turn out to be great. Tre may be the smartest guy in the room. And either way, we can realistically expect we are stuck with him
Or... maybe Ward turns out to be pretty much what the evidence right in front of our faces has been indicating. That’s the whole problem.
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