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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
Good lord. They signed Ward to a 2 year contract knowing he was a lame duck?
So we absolutely throw out Treliving’s press conference and describing how long they took to make sure Ward was absolutely the right person
Then we give 100% credence to his conference where he got his man with Sutter? Because of finally having the right goalie?
My god, man. Some gymnastics for sure
It’s more believable that the poor play of the team annoyed Sutter to the point of calling up the owners and saying he needed to coach the team or he was gonna put a brick through his TV
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The scenario that is both believable and likely to me is as follows:
- In the off-season the Flames pursued Sutter
- For whatever reason he wasn't willing to come on board
- At that point they went back to Ward.
- No coach is going to sign a 1 year deal, nor is a team going to give them one. You need a 2 year commitment to avoid the lame duck dynamics
- I also believe at that stage they had some faith in Ward. It wasn't a fake commitment. they were giving him the reigns
- After a poor start to the year, they went back to Sutter, perhaps at the urging of ownership, perhaps not, and for whatever reason at that point he was willing to commit
I see that being how it played out.