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Originally Posted by mikeecho
It’s a FACT that ownership stepped in and hired Darryl?
Has this been confirmed. All I’ve heard re: the hiring of Darryl is that Treliving wanted to hire him at the time they hired Ward but Darryl wasn’t interested presumably because the Flames didn’t have a legit #1 goalie at that time.
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Let’s also not lose sight that Sutter had retired. He, and his wife and his son,were probably happy living his life on the farm. He had some work with the Ducks, but probably safe to say his commitment level was far less than that of an NHL coach. Sutter was probably pretty comfortable. So, when the Flames approached him, he probably did want to take some time to mull it over with his family and ask himself if that is what he really wanted to do. Did he really want to come out of retirement and spend X many days on the road and X many 12-16 hour days in the office/on the ice. Did he
want to do it?
Fast forward teo-three months and we’re in a global pandemic. Probably another reason why he didn’t take the job during the following offseason. The Flames, not knowing what next year looks like, were probably okay to go back to Ward as plan B. He did a decent job to that point, he would be cheap and on a two year deal. Simply put, he was hired to be fired.
Treliving knew it, the owners knew it, and Ward himself probably knew it. Short of knocking it out of the park, the Flames would be moving on in short order. They were just waiting for Sutter’s commitment. He was plan A all along.