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Originally Posted by Simon96Taco
Embarrassing him has nothing to do with it. He's failing at his job as a coach. NOT firing him is failing at the job of being a GM.
Part of being in a high profile, high paid position such as coach of a major league sports team is having your employment status/change in the public eye. It's not embarrassing, it's public. It goes with the territory.
Firing him now sends a message to the rest of the team - abysmal failure isn't tolerated.
I don't see how this has any effect on attracting other coaches to the Flames either. The season is a failure, so the coach gets fired. If the season was going well, or had signs of improvement/positive trends, then firing the coach might be a warning sign to other coaches. This is pretty straightforward in a results based business - complete failure = loss of job.
Think about it from a player perspective. If a player gets called up from the AHL and fails to produce or perform, he gets sent back down. Do you think this is a negative warning sign to other AHL players? Not at all. It says "perform while you're up here or you won't stay up there".
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The new hire, and there almost certainly will be a new hire will send out all the messages he needs.
A message a couple of weeks before garbage bag day isn’t going to have much lasting effect on the players.
God, what a #### season this has been.