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Calgary Flames: 5 Potential Head Coaching Options

By Devon Burke

Apr 7, 2016; Calgary, Alberta, CAN; Calgary Flames head coach Bob Hartley speaks to the media after the game against the Vancouver Canucks at Scotiabank Saddledome. The Flames won 7-3. Mandatory Credit: Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 7, 2016; Calgary, Alberta, CAN; Calgary Flames head coach Bob Hartley speaks to the media after the game against the Vancouver Canucks at Scotiabank Saddledome. The Flames won 7-3. Mandatory Credit: Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports /
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Nov 22, 2014; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Randy Carlyle addresses the media after a game against the Detroit Red Wings at the Air Canada Centre. Toronto defeated Detroit 4-1. Mandatory Credit: John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 22, 2014; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Randy Carlyle addresses the media after a game against the Detroit Red Wings at the Air Canada Centre. Toronto defeated Detroit 4-1. Mandatory Credit: John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports /

Gulp. Randy Carlyle was interviewed by the Calgary Flames brass last week, and the connection between current Flames president of hockey operations Brian Burke and Carlyle is hard to deny as they have both worked together on various occasions. Although Carlyle could just be getting interviewed as a favour from his buddy Brian Burke, and man do I hope I am right on that one.

In 188 games with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Carlyle put up a 91-78-19 record over the course of four seasons. Despite a respectable record, Carlyle missed the playoffs in three of the four seasons, and lost in the first round the only time his club made it to the big dance. Most notable about his tenure with Toronto was his losing of the dressing room. The players simply didn’t want to play for him anymore, and it got quite comical, unless your a Leafs fan that is.

His tenure with the club was incredibly rocky, perhaps tarnishing his reputation for good in the NHL. Despite a strenuous stretch with the Leafs, Carlyle has won a cup with the Anaheim Ducks in 2007, and winning a Cup is something nobody can take away from you. With that being said, Carlyle isn’t someone who should coach the Flames.

He is the definition of a shelf-life coach, and he also implements an old-school system that is proven to make fans fall asleep while watching it. While he would bring the goals allowed totals down for the Flames, he also has the potential of ruining some of the promising young offensive players in Calgary.

I am a diehard Flames fan, if Carlyle is hired, I might stop watching hockey all together. Please Brad say no to Randy Carlyle.

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