This organization is just going to keep spinning its wheels. It's just gotten so painfully tiring.
Hartley wasn't a players coach, nor was he BT's guy, so we get BT's hand picked guy in Gulutzan, guy was too much of a players coach and there are culture issues, lack of effort from our top guys, fire GG and hire Peters. Peter's is another BT hand picked guy, Flames get outclassed in the first round, team looks average coming out the gate in his second season, still questions of effort with this team, Peters is let go because he is not a very good person. We get Ward who goes from interim to permanent spot, team continues to be decidedly average. Sutter comes in, supposedly not BT's choice but the owners choice, which is funny because it's the best coach we have had in BT's entire tenure and it, allegedly, wasn't even his choice. Sutter openly talks about building a culture of hard work and success. Team does really well, we lose our top players, team doesn't do as well. Team is still in win now mode because ownership, allegedly, has deemed this the only path for this team. Sutter is a win now coach, and he is extended. Now he is too hard on the new "top" players on the team, who also surprisingly look terrible, and we need another coach. A win now coach but someone nicer because Kadri (who actually looks like he is hitting his typical career numbers) is not happy. Even though Kadri is essentially looking like the Nazem Kadri of the past. (Huberdeau I admit is a mystery. He just straight up looks bad, plays are dying on his stick.)
Frankly I do not trust BT to pick a coach that can do the job.
It also might just be that this team is just not that good.
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