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Originally Posted by Major Major
Does he have a short shelf life? If he went as long for the Flames as he did for the kings or sharks for that matter, he would have the longest coaching tenure in franchise history. Also, I remember him leaving to be just the GM very differently. He no longer wanted to be coach/gm/farmer and needed to drop one. His last year as a flames coach was one of their best seasons despite the playoffs. First I've heard that was anything other than a Sutter driven move.
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It's tough to say he has a short shelf life or not - but most of his success does come in the first 2-3 years of his tenure.
Hawks made finals in his second year as associate coach, had some playoff success in his last year but resigned after that season after Chris was born.
Sharks were a bit different as more of a "re-building team' he had a .604 season in his 5th, then was fired the next year after 24 games.
In Calgary made the finals in his first full season, resigned after the next year to focus on being GM.
In LA he won the cup in year 1 and 3, missed the playoffs 2 of the next three years, lost in first round the other year.
So either way all of his best success has come in the first three years of a tenure with a team. The re-building Sharks being a bit of an exception - but he was gone 24 games after their best season.