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Originally Posted by flamesgod
Name one team that has a complete collection of players you could categorize as an identity. You won’t be able to. That’s because it’s the coach that gives its team the identity. Did the islanders change their entire roster? Or, did Trotz come in and give them identity?
The Flames haven’t had an “identity” because the coaching was clearly lacking. Which is absolutely Treliving’s fault. With Sutter behind the bench, we’re going to see an identity return.
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Brad chooses the coach so I’m not sure your point
Maybe the teams lack of identity can be partially attributed to the fact that all the good players have had 5 different coaches in 5 years and with vastly different coaching styles?
Plus a lot of his player acquisitions seem to tug in the opposite direction of his coaching hires. You hire Peters to coach (which was fine at the time) but then give James Neal $29 million when he is the exact opposite of a Peters player...