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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
Probably true, but Brad should be given at least 10 years to achieve that lofty goal. Finding a good coach after I heritage a good coach was the first goal, he accomplished that last year after a 5 year search. Next up is a decent roster and then success.
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I’m not sure if this is sarcasm but this is actually my position with regards to Treliving, and why I voted for (and remain in) the “should not and will not be fired” camp.
I’m of the view that the GM position needs to be granted a hefty amount of latitude to make directional changes to the team, and that tolerance of errors is part and parcel of that. Tre was a rookie GM when he joined the Flames and has undoubtedly made some decisions he wish he could take back, but unless there are signs of your GM being an abject disaster, I think it’s important for the stability of a franchise that a manager be granted a pretty wide window of time within which to make changes, witness the results of those changes, and then make corrections if required.
This does basically translate to a GM probably needing something like a decade to fiddle around with the team. 10 years lets a guy preside over the graduation of a couple of draft classes to the NHL level, learn from mistakes, and may lessen the impetus to make rash decisions due to the “I may not be here in 6 months” effect.
Despite the team’s fetish for treading water at the moment, I feel that there have been enough positive signs in Treliving’s decisions over the years that we should allow him the leeway to climb the team out of the funk it seems to currently be in.