Sorry about this rant.
I'm not sure why some people are so willing to blindly defend Treliving and the Flames everytime someone criticizes them. Why can we not criticize him/them? Results have been horrible. One good year and not much else. Yeah it could be worse, but that's not a reason to accept the current state of the team. As a season ticket holder, I am not happy with Treliving.
He's been middle of the road and at times awful. Not much better. He's had 7 years which I believe is 2 too many.
He deserves all the criticism he gets and it is also why people fly off the handle when trades are proposed. Why shouldn't we question everything he does? Why shouldn't people be free to over react? The smartest guy in the room doesn't listen or keep his assistants in the loop(as per Conroy), so he has accepted all the responsibility. He's just not good enough.
I'm not in any way saying I could do better but in terms of head to head vs NHL GMs, he is near the bottom in my opinion.
The buck stops at Treliving. It's his team and he has built it. ALL of the issues this team has and is facing is his doing.
rant over.
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