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Originally Posted by Bingo
That's all fine and good.
I'm pointing directly at the camp that has all the success on Sutter, even the player acquisitions, the GM is just along for the ride.
If that's your stance then winning a division title with a different coach within a four year time window gets kind of harder to explain.
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I agree with what you're saying. You have to look at performance longitudinally. That is how he's going to weighed. Having a spectacular year right now is a very small measure. There's more there. He gets credit for putting this team together. I will say that some of the moves were no brainers to me - Toffoli and Jarnkrok were both identified as prototypical Flames for a few years now - but he has to get credit for putting the deals together that brought them here. The impact and value of those deals will also need to be looked at and determine if they were worth the squeeze (I believe they were). That's where the post-season eval will come in as the team and owners look at the five-year plan and look at the impact there. A lot of moving parts in an executive evaluation. Having a good season on the ice is a small part of what Tre will be evaluated on. Succes helps, but we look past the larger organizational health issues a little too often. That's what killed Bergevin. At Tre's level you're paid to have a good crystal ball. We'll see what type of reception his crystal ball has come this summer.