05-21-2023, 07:48 PM
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#301
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Scoring Winger
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Happy for Conroy and excited to see what he brings to the table
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05-21-2023, 08:11 PM
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#302
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Awesome hire, positivity ahead!
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05-21-2023, 08:35 PM
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#303
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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It seems crazy to me that Conroy will be the oldest GM in Flames history at the point of being hired.
https://flamesnation.ca/news/how-exp...-managers-been
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Here’s the general trend, going from youngest to oldest:
Cliff Fletcher (1972): 37 years, 1 month, 22 days
Doug Risebrough (1991): 37 years, 8 months, 6 days
Craig Button (2000): 37 years, 9 months, 3 days
Darryl Sutter (2003): 45 years, 1 month, 21 days
Brad Treliving (2014): 45 years, 1 month, 21 days
Jay Feaster (2010): 48 years, 5 months, 2 days
Al Coates (1995): 49 years, 11 months, 2 days
If either internal GM candidate, Craig Conroy or Brad Pascall, were hired as the new boss, they would each be the oldest guy to start that gig. Conroy turns 52 in September, Pascall turns 53 in July.
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05-21-2023, 08:37 PM
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#304
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Scoring Winger
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Unpleasant reminder that 2003 was 20 years ago.
Craig Conroy is 51??? ^*%# I’m old!
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05-21-2023, 08:42 PM
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#305
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: victoria
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Originally Posted by 2ArmBands
Unpleasant reminder that 2003 was 20 years ago.
Craig Conroy is 51??? ^*%# I’m old!
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No need to talk about this sir 
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05-21-2023, 08:43 PM
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#306
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Franchise Player
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Darryl Sutter (2003): 45 years, 1 month, 21 days
Brad Treliving (2014): 45 years, 1 month, 21 days
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Wait - Sutter and Treliving were the same age - to the day? Or is that a typo?
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05-21-2023, 08:44 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: North of the River, South of the Bluff
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Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop
People are underestimating Conroy because of his nice guy image.
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He’s not a “nice guy” though. He’s an emotionally intelligent leader. Its often called nice guy by people who lack that skill set. Its a way to talk down the skill by more directive leaders.
Conroy to me is a credible leader people see as non-manipulative. Given where this team is, it’s actually a great hire. I really think he has what it takes to work with people and gain trust. Its a far more sustainable approach than say Sutter who mind games. It works, until it doesn’t and it breaks quickly. As we saw this season.
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05-21-2023, 08:45 PM
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#308
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Indiana
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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
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It's hard to believe that Fletcher was a scout as far back as the mid-1950s.
But then you remember that he reached each position at a remarkably young age.
Still by far the best Flames GM ever imo.
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05-21-2023, 08:47 PM
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#309
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Saskatoon
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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
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Love it!
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05-21-2023, 08:53 PM
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#310
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Calgary
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Given how close Maloney and Treliving are I don’t think this hire happens without some sort of reference from the old guy.
If there is one thing I hope Conroy learned over the last decade, don’t screw up the coaching hire.
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05-21-2023, 08:59 PM
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#311
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 2ArmBands
Unpleasant reminder that 2003 was 20 years ago.
Craig Conroy is 51??? ^*%# I’m old!
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I keep thinking of Conroy as one of my favourite Flames growing up. I just realized I'm a couple of months older than him.
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05-21-2023, 09:00 PM
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#312
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Wait - Sutter and Treliving were the same age - to the day? Or is that a typo?
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I believe it is a typo - Tre was 44 yrs, 8 months, and 10 days when he was named GM.
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05-21-2023, 09:01 PM
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#313
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by enoch root
wait - sutter and treliving were the same age - to the day? Or is that a typo?
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https://twitter.com/user/status/1658969087169683458
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05-21-2023, 09:01 PM
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#314
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
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Oh oh. Not progressive hire then. Not what we need. Inexperience, under 35, strong social media presence and understanding is what makes a good GM.
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05-21-2023, 09:06 PM
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#315
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All I can get
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Originally Posted by OldDutch
He’s not a “nice guy” though. He’s an emotionally intelligent leader. Its often called nice guy by people who lack that skill set. Its a way to talk down the skill by more directive leaders.
Conroy to me is a credible leader people see as non-manipulative. Given where this team is, it’s actually a great hire. I really think he has what it takes to work with people and gain trust. Its a far more sustainable approach than say Sutter who mind games. It works, until it doesn’t and it breaks quickly. As we saw this season.
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Courteous and kind.
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05-21-2023, 09:15 PM
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#316
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Originally Posted by ben voyonsdonc
I believe it is a typo - Tre was 44 yrs, 8 months, and 10 days when he was named GM.
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I believe Sutter was 44 yrs, 7 months, & 22 days when he was named GM in 2003.
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05-21-2023, 09:19 PM
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#317
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2021
Location: Richmond upon Thames, London
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Labeling an energetic, socially adept person as a "nice guy" is just a lazy descriptor.
Plenty of guys wish they had Craig's personality and demeanor. For them that level of enthusiasm would be exhausting.
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05-21-2023, 09:21 PM
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#318
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All I can get
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I'm sure he's been called worse.
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05-21-2023, 09:22 PM
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#319
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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I wish I could find the clip now, but near the end of the season when the Flames lost and the playoff hopes were slipping away, there was a shot of Conroy watching the game and he looked pretty pissed off. He just always seems happy, so it kind of surprised me, but I am guessing that there is a level of intensity to his personality that doesn't face the public.
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05-21-2023, 09:29 PM
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#320
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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https://twitter.com/user/status/1660331603967483906
Someone pointed this out one time and I can't not see it: If you mute this clip, you'd swear it was playing at double speed.
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