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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
I'm not really mad anymore I don't think, more just disappointed.
They spent a decade building around this guy and they finally got to the point where they look like the real deal with a real coach, and just like that he leaves us......to go to fricken Columbus.
Like I said, I get it if it was Philly, but they dropped the ball. When that happened he should have come back.
It just blows me away how little he and his wife cared about his legacy here, and the decade he'd spent building something here, and his team mates here.
To walk away from all of that to go to Columbus? Really? Because of the border and COVID? Because it's an extra bit of travel time for you to see your families?
Unbelievably disappointing.
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Well said. This sums it up better than anything else.
More than the family stuff, and whether Gaudreau exhibited weakness or not when consulting his wife and making the verdict, the disappointing part is truly that after 7 years the Flames had finally assembled a formidable team that could legitimately have a few good runs in them, and as soon as that came into place Gaudreau checks out and destabilizes the whole thing.
Many years of diligent work, decisions and transactions went into getting us where we are and now, barring a couple herculean moves, it's all for naught.
I don't blame people for looking for a place to put their anger or disappointment, as well as the people that are choosing to respect the decision. I think either way, there is justification.
This sudden change warrants a reaction. Just let people react however they need to rather than try to gate keep what's an acceptable reaction. People aren't going to be rational right now. This is the appropriate thread to air that #### out. Just let people do it.
Johnny isn't going to read any of this anyways, and if he did it still doesn't matter.