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Originally Posted by CGY12
I don't doubt Treviling reached out to Sutter, but I believe the push to do that was based on direction from ownership.
Should I give the GM any credit based on his 7 year track record? The press conference was littered with the term "accountability", the mess that is the Calgary Flames has a large part to do with his managerial skills, he is ultimately responsible for the coaches and the players assembled.
Apologies, not 3 hires, 2. Yes I'm including Peters in this mix because BT hired Peters basically immediately after the season, 6 days after GG was canned on April 23rd. Questions were asked why the rush and why not wait till the offseason when more candidates would be made available. Then he extends Ward after the bubble.
Whether people want to admit it or not, BTs handling of the coaching duties has been a mess. He is on the hot seat and you could see it in the PC today.
Regardless of the back and fourth with some of you, I'm happy Sutter is now the coach, that is step 1, i'm sure more will come once the season concludes.
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Count the Peters hire if you want, but at the time, it was an excellent move that led to one of the greatest regular seasons in Flames history. Treliving and the league had no idea Bill Peters had made past mistakes that could harm the team image, and had Peters not made past mistakes, the hiring would have been remembered more fondly than it is.
Gulutzen and Ward were very debatable hires from the beginning. Sure, Peters is a bad hire using hindsight, but he also made Treliving look like a genius for a whole regular season.
Treliving could have made better choices in the coaching department, but I have been very happy with his drafting and trading records and that is not something I have been able to say in the past 30 years for any other Flames GM.
I like Treliving and I really don't want another 30 years of disliking Calgary GMs.