View Single Post
Old 03-05-2021, 01:36 PM   #1143
the-rasta-masta
First Line Centre
 
the-rasta-masta's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Calgary
Exp:
Default

It didn't work out, and I felt he deserved to be fired, but I definitely feel for the guy. Came into a tough situation and actually had the team working well last year. I think we beat Dallas if Tkachuk wasn't hurt.

I really wonder how much of that success was based on Peters though. The fact that he is a crappy human being and racist aside, Peters had the team playing well, and even though they struggled out of the gate in 2019-20, I still felt he was a really good head coach. With Ward running his first training camp this year, it certainly seemed like the first opportunity to introduce his own system and own methods wasn't conducive to success with this group. Wish him the best, perhaps the Oilers can hire him and have a full trio of Flames ex head coaches as assistants.

Interestingly enough, Ward has the 6th highest winning percentage as coach of the Flames, and 3rd best playoff record. He'll be back in the NHL as an assistant soon.

Last edited by the-rasta-masta; 03-05-2021 at 01:39 PM.
the-rasta-masta is offline   Reply With Quote