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Originally Posted by Igottago
Treliving hitched his wagon to some bad coaches, and did it again with Ward. Even if the rest of his body of work has good aspects to it, that's pretty much unforgivable. All the good work he did with contracts is out the window because he couldn't hire the right person to steer the one ice product since turfing Hartley. Its been long enough, he's had his chance, and wasted his rebuild's contention window. I don't really see how the organization lets this stand.
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First thing Treliving did that was dumb was listen to the players and gave them their wish of firing Hartley. You never give players that kind of power because then they know they have it. He shot himself in the foot right there. He should have analyzed the room himself and spoke to staff around the team and then made his decision.
So he goes off and hires Mr. Nice Guy to appease the young core. They don't listen to him and openly mock and laugh at him when he tries to be Mr. Tough Stick Thrower.
Treliving then realizes his mistake and brings in someone who is tougher than GG but not as psychotic as Hartley. We know what happened then.
You would think Treliving would have learned by now what type of coach is needed for this core. Someone who isn't going to get pushed around by the players because of a) his personality and b) his wealth of experience in the game and in particular as a head coach.
Treliving got dealt a bad hand, I'll give him that, with the Peters thing and then the Covid thing on top of it. It gave Ward just enough time to succeed with a new coach bump, but also saved him before the team tuned him out. Then they had the big break and the players were eager to come back and listen and they did for a bit, for about 6 games.
No doubt this is Treliving's mess. HE created the culture of entitlement for the players by empowering them too much at the beginning, then when he figured out the problem and was dealt a bad hand, instead of sticking to what he had learned about the core (ie, they needed a strong guiding hand as coach) he went back to his mistake or hiring another Mr. Nice Guy.
Yes, the players are at fault and the coach sucks, and its clear why this is the case.