[News] Flames hire Bill Peters as the franchise's 19th head coach

[Stay Golden]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

Holy crow you've made your point. Is this what we have to look forward to for four years before the guy has even been hired?
I don't mind the rationale criticisms and opinions but the relentless trying-to-be-funny-but-failing-but-repeating-the-same-jokes-over-and-over-again is aggravating.

Don't single me out when A LOT of other posters are saying the same thing. Or is that your angle since you have gone at me before

[MisterJoji]

A couple of big questions marks that’ll be interesting to see how they’re answered by Peters and his assistants.

1.) Will Brodie continue to be be forced to play the left side or will he be allowed to go back to the side here he has historically been better?

2.) Will the D as a group be allowed to play to their strengths and do more stretch passing?

3.) Will Brouwer have a return to form and if not will he still be overused in most situations?

4.) Please Jeebus let us have a PP setup that promotes quick movement instead of having 90% of the shots blocked or a routine save for the goalie? Also, will Stone and his bomb of a shot be utilized?

Others?

[zamler]

Someone explain to me why Tre would reportedly want to bring a coach similar to Gulutzan. Does Tre think the puck possession bore me to death model was just not working properly and a different coach with the same philosophy could get the team to play it more effectively?

[DeluxeMoustache]

Will Tkachuk’s game change with the mandate to minimize penalties?

[The Boy Wonder]

Can someone please give an example of anything, tweet, fan opinion, literally anything that would give us hope that peters will be the kind of coach who adjusts and changes his system depending on the personnel he has?

I’m actually curious...

[nieuwy-89]

Treliving & the rest of Flames management and ownership have a lot more at stake than we as fans do. I’m going to trust that they’ve done their due diligence and targeted this guy.

I’m excited about a modern coach with four years of recent NHL experience who is coming in hungry to prove himself in his home province. It is a bonus that he has worked with Babcock and is a hard ass. Something we all agree the players need.

This organization has not had good success with retreads (think Keenan, Hartley) so I’m not going to get bent out of shape about “missing out” on AV or D Sutter.

[David Struch]

It would seem pretty obvious that if any team should have a coach that activates the D, it should be Calgary.

[Red]

Gulutzan clone would not be good, but why did Gulutzan fail here exactly? Was it the system or was it his demeanor and personnel management?

Maybe the system is good enough, but the team needs a coach that is more harsh and demanding? By all accounts Peters is that guy. Fix the PP and bottom 6 and this can be a good team.

I still don't like that they are going with Peters when good proven coaches are available, but this has potential to work.

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by The Boy Wonder

Can someone please give an example of anything, tweet, fan opinion, literally anything that would give us hope that peters will be the kind of coach who adjusts and changes his system depending on the personnel he has?

I’m actually curious...

Reportedly pursued by a few teams which would suggest teams see something in him

[Ashasx]

Originally Posted by Reign of Fire

To top things off, it's rumoured to be a four-year contract...Tre playing it safe by ensuring that with the term, the owners may hesitate to can the new coach.

Why would fans care about a coach's contract length? We just fired a guy with term.

The only people impacted by this are the owners.

[The Boy Wonder]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

Reportedly pursued by a few teams which would suggest teams see something in him

That isn’t an answer to my question of whether he actually adjusts his system.

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by zamler

Someone explain to me why Tre would reportedly want to bring a coach similar to Gulutzan. Does Tre think the puck possession bore me to death model was just not working properly and a different coach with the same philosophy could get the team to play it more effectively?

I think he clearly believes in puck possession but we shouldn’t assume the systems are the same

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by The Boy Wonder

That isn’t an answer to my question of whether he actually adjusts his system.

I misunderstood that part

[Erick Estrada]

I suppose it has to be brought up that Peters will be saddled with Gelinas and Sigalet. There's just something Oilersesque about keeping theses guys around and forcing them on every new coach. I would feel a lot better if Peters could have brought all his own guys in as I've seen nothing that indicates Gelinas or Sigalet have been part of the solution.

[AC]

Originally Posted by Inferno

Here is the tweet in question about it being a four year deal. Like I said it didn't come from a reliable hockey insider so I never bothered posting it last night.

https://twitter.com/JMarshyBosco93/s...23416518934528

Worth mentioning he's also previously reported:

Bennett was part of the return for Hamonic,
Brian Boyle was being traded to Edmonton for Brandon Davidson,
Wideman and Iggy were signing with Edmonton,
Jagr was getting $3.7M from Calgary,
and more.

He seems to occasionally get some things partially right.

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

I suppose it has to be brought up that Peters will be saddled with Gelinas and Sigalet. There's just something Oilersesque about keeping theses guys around and forcing them on every new coach. I would feel a lot better if Peters could have brought all his own guys in as I've seen nothing that indicates Gelinas or Sigalet have been part of the solution.

Finally watching the Treliving presser now and am really curious what they do with Gelinas. I'd be surprised if he ends up behind the bench again, so do they officially move him into a player development role instead?

[Stay Golden]

Originally Posted by zamler

Someone explain to me why Tre would reportedly want to bring a coach similar to Gulutzan. Does Tre think the puck possession bore me to death model was just not working properly and a different coach with the same philosophy could get the team to play it more effectively?

Exactly on the surface it sure seems this way. Maybe that is why Bradley didn't itake anytime to nterview AV, Sutter etc because he knows damn well they have more proven NHL hockey IQ than him.

[Gazza]

Just a comment.
Watching Pittsburgh play, just as an example, those players hate to lose. I see Philadelphia score twice on them today and they are upset.
The give-a-crap attitude comes from the players. The question is, can Peters bring the players to that attitude?
If he sets that standard it may change this whole team.

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[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by btimbit

Finally watching the Treliving presser now and am really curious what they do with Gelinas. I'd be surprised if he ends up behind the bench again, so do they officially move him into a player development role instead?

I'm hoping he's moved into a different position. I get that they like having him around and that's fine but not every ex-player makes a great coach.

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

I'm hoping he's moved into a different position. I get that they like having him around and that's fine but not every ex-player makes a great coach.

I agree. He's clearly being used in that sort of role anyway so may as well make it official? Or do they really see him being an actual assistant again?