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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Well I believe what happened is that
- Tree wanted to hire Sutter in the off-season
- This was one of the times, or the time, that he could have been referring to when he has stated that had talked in the past but the timing wasn’t right
- When it didn’t work out he moved back to Ward absent a perceived better choice
- He gave Ward 2 years because that’s generally standard practice to hiring a lame duck coach
Then when the team couldn’t get on track, one of two things happened
- He went to owners and expressed a desire to re-engage with Sutter
- Or the Owners went to him and encouraged him permission to re-engage with Sutter
In either case I don’t think it’s a case that he didn’t want to hire Sutter and therefore made him hire him.
Moreover, if they didn’t believe in BT, why would they let him handle the trade deadline? Once you lose faith in your GM you have to get rid of them.
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BT is competent and fully capable of auctioning off their pending UFA's, which he demonstrated.
It's not as binary as believing in him or not. I expect ownership will consider at the end of the season whether he is the right guy to fix this, or whether they believe they can find someone better.
If Treliving didn't believe in Ward, why did he let him coach his last game which he won? Such decisions are usually made over time and the Sutter hiring is in IMO, an indication of ownership having less confidence in the GM. I don't think they pull the trigger on replacing him though.