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Originally Posted by D as in David
In for a penny, in for a pound. Once he felt they were out of the rebuild, he wouldn't or couldn't step back. See also: sunk cost fallacy.
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I suppose. I’m not a hater of Treliving and I could see the rationale when he made moves. I recall a few years every trade deadline yelling out “why?” with the regular depth defence for a 2nd or 3rd round pick.
I think that a GM needs to actually build up the franchise though. It’s great that he discovered he had a good core ahead of schedule, but there are many teams prior to those Flames teams that have uneven development. Again, I understood his thinking but his job is the growth of the organization.
Treliving has the unfortunate characteristics of both being timid in making moves yet making too many moves that deplete the asset base. He’s in on everything but rarely does more than tinker around the edges. Yet, his tinkering tended to deplete the organization.