[POLL] Calgary Flames coaching change mega-thread—with poll

[Patek23]

My guess on why Sigalet and Gelinas stay as they were “Flames” guys. Blame probably fell soley on Gulutzans shoulders so him and his guys are gone. I would not imagine this means that Sigalet and Gelinas jobs are safe. Just that the Flames are trying to wash their hands completely of the old system and let the new coach come in and decide who to bring in and if he sees fit swap out Gelinas and/or Sigalet with his own choices once he’s here and can assess the situation.

[Toonage]

Friedman on HNIC suggesting now that Peters is likely the front runner

[savardandjokinen]

Of course they’re gonna name Bill Peters the head coach

[FlamesFanTrev]

Originally Posted by Toonage

Friedman on HNIC suggesting now that Peters is likely the front runner

Well then we would have to know by Friday, right? Otherwise Peters has opted in for Carolina? No worries folks, Brad's not gonna move that fast. It would be totally out of character.

[Lanny'sDaMan]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

Big Brad Tree. He got more processes than a central processing unit, yo.

I wonder how much bitcoin he mines a day.....

[theinfinitejar]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

Possession is fine and can be effective. The problem with Gulutzan is that I honestly feel he was coaching to CORSI and other advanced stats instead of simply coaching the players in the heat of the moment letting the advanced stats speak for themselves. It was assbackwards and before the Flames hired Gulutzan, I would have thought it absurd that a coach would do that, but here we are.

I still don't believe this. If a coach wanted to boost CORSI he wouldn't play Troy Brouwer on the second line whenever someone went down. He would ship Matt Bartkowski to somewhere in Antarctica instead of mixing him into an NHL lineup for half a season.

[flamesforcup]

I think AV would be a great fit. Quenville would be the dream

[dammage79]

Originally Posted by FlamesFanTrev

Well then we would have to know by Friday, right? Otherwise Peters has opted in for Carolina? No worries folks, Brad's not gonna move that fast. It would be totally out of character.

I would say that Treliving didn't fire gully until he knew he was gonna get his new guy. Like a viper? Vipah? Too soon for Lowe jokes relating to the Flames.

[mrdonkey]

Originally Posted by savardandjokinen

Of course they’re gonna name Bill Peters the head coach

Just let us have this moment before they Calgary Flames this decision.

[dammage79]

Originally Posted by flamesforcup

I think AV would be a great fit. Quenville would be the dream

No Quenville. He's not Leaving Chicago.

[CaptainYooh]

Originally Posted by Toonage

Friedman on HNIC suggesting now that Peters is likely the front runner

This is getting more serious by the minute. Treliving has demonstrated that he is a smart and practical manager; is he really gonna make the SAME mistake twice?

[zamler]

Originally Posted by Toonage

Friedman on HNIC suggesting now that Peters is likely the front runner

This is a sidegrade, please no.

[Frank MetaMusil]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

^
That list of complaints could pretty much be assigned to a fan from just about any fanbase. This looks to me like typical arm-chair criticisms which are usually levied against almost any coach when fans are frustrated.

Bill Peters is another coach without a playoff win. That much is certain. He might be able to direct this team to some of those wins, but as it stands today, he has not done that. Its reality, not armchair.

[EM11]

What would BT possibly see in Peters? This is baffling if true.

[Barca]

AV is probably expensive, Bill Peters will come cheap

[EM11]

and if they DO hire Peters and I have to hear about how impressive he was in the interview, I'm gonna know that BT is not nearly as smart as everyone thinks.

[savardandjokinen]

Peters=Gulutzan based on coaching

And he’s worse with the media and doesn’t put confidence in his players (ok gully wasn’t great at the last part but at least he’s a bit nicer)

[H2SO4(aq)]

Sutter or hunter would top my list. Peters..... ugh

[Igottago]

Originally Posted by Toonage

Friedman on HNIC suggesting now that Peters is likely the front runner

Well, a few hours of hope was good. Back to reality.

[DeluxeMoustache]

Bill Peters has a very underwhelming resume. 4 years with no results.

I hope they don’t want a guy where they have to trot out some hand waving to explain why he is better than his crappy results.

Enough being the smartest guy in the room.