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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Yes. On merit. Because Treliving has done more than just one spectacular regular season finish:
· He has demonstrably improved the team, and has put together a solid core.
· He has drafted well, and appears to have the scouting staff organized and focussed on player attributes that are paying dividends.
· He has shown a propensity to correctly identify problems in the roster, and is aggressive at correcting them.
· He has owned all of his mistakes, and continues to learn, grow and work to correct them.
· His teams have made the playoffs three out of his five-years on the job, and look like a good bet to make that six in four.
These factors certainly constitute merit. And to my original point, the second-best regular season finish in franchise history most definitely satisfies your dismissive pining for "some kind—any kind of on ice success."
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Your points are opinion based though. Improving the team, owning his mistakes and correcting problems on the roster aren't established facts or backed by analysis. So some may see it differently.
DM's point on winning is a fair one. And while its fair to point out the fantastic regular season last year, it's hard to ignore how it ended. You can nit pick how he said it, but fact is BT's teams have accomplished little thus far particularly in comparison to who he was being compared against. I can also appreciate that some may feel the best is yet to come for BT's Flames, which is different than the point DM was making, but certainly a reason to think BT is doing a good job.
We agree that Treliving is winning this round on merit. He has received more votes than the others, which defines success in this exercise. Just like he earned 10% of the vote in the first round on merit as well.