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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Ok....that's a different topic. The topic at hand was whether Sutter's hiring was a sign of reduced confidence that ownership had in the GM.
If we want to go more broad that's cool.
But I've stated my reasons for retaining BT. Not sure either of us has a fresh take on that or will convince the other.
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I believe it is has been reported widely that ownership was involved in the hiring of Sutter as coach, right? So it's really a question of what that means. I believe we'd agree it's unusual that ownership is involved in coaching hires, certainly in Calgary, Couple that with it being coach 5, I believe it is more likely than not that ownership getting more involved in decision making is a negative sign for the GM.
That and the downward trend in the results on the ice and there is reason for me to believe ownership's confidence in Treliving is waning.
Do you have the same confidence in the guy as you did five years ago? Even his biggest boosters on here seem to be saying he has one off season to fix this. Isn't that telling in and of itself?
All I'm really saying is that if it's me, I'm not giving him this last chance. I've seen enough.
Unless as powderjunkie states he has been telling ownership he wants to move on from the core for the last few years and they haven't let him. I personally find that hard to believe. The guy who traded for Hamonic and Lazar and signed the UFA's he did doesn't strike me as all that prescient. I doubt ownership told him to go get those guys.