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Originally Posted by Locke
I mean...you're right, he cant 'know that' but that writing is pretty clearly on the wall.
Owners in general hate rebuilds. It usually heralds lower season-ticket revenues and overall less prestige within their little club, among a plethora of other things.
That being said, if Treliving spent 7 years building something to see it fail rather spectacularly he'd have to be a monumental idiot to go to Ownership and recommend that he be in charge of rebuilding something that he initially built.
It would be like a roofer who builds a leaky roof and then goes back to the owner and says "you should pay me to do that all over again."
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I agree with all of this.
Absolutely, Tre would have to be the idiot that Jay seems to think people are calling him, in order to present that to ownership
And at the same time, talking about ‘who is to blame for failing to rebuild’ requires the assumption that rebuilding is the right thing to do. That isn’t even clear cut.
I think he is probably frustrated, but I also think he has to fundamentally believe he has done a good job. And not that he has to blow up his own baby
The same key roster elements have both placed second and missed the dance. The valid criticisms about the lack of a successful coach were just finally after many years addressed. Darryl has had only 30 games, with unusual circumstances and limited practice time
In fact, I don’t fault Tre for believing in a number of his core players. It is quite plausible that the new and improved coaching staff can get more out of this, and maybe Darryl has a better sense of where the rot is
A lot of the losses were the Flames giving games away with lack of pace, attention to detail, etc.
I think this can be a playoff team if everyone is playing to their potential but my confidence is pretty much reliant on Darryl figuring it out, more so than Tre