After failing to make the playoffs for three straight seasons with the team, Brent Sutter is finally out of the C of Red and the Flames are now searching for a new head coach to replace him.
The team said on Thursday that both sides have agreed to part ways, this coming after a meeting between Sutter and general manager Jay Feaster, in which both sides had different opinions on how the team should go and the different options they had of doing both sides of issues.
Under Sutter, the Flames had a 118-90-38 record. It went 37-29-16 this season, which was second only to Vancouver but still failed to get them into the playoffs.
Also announced is that Dave Lowry, an assistant coach for the team and a former San Jose Sharks player, will not have his contract renewed.
Surprising? Not really, in my view. Although I expected this last season when they did really poorly and finished farther out of the playoffs than they did last season. Now my second favorite team will have to search for a new head coach. I don't have any options for who the new head coach should be. If this happened earlier, I would've suggested Randy Carlyle as the next new coach for the team, but since he's already been hired by Toronto, he's out of the picture.
Honestly, I think the Flames need to figure out where their players are at and who should come back to be part of the team. I think Jay Feaster has a lot on his hands this offseason and the way things are going, it looks pretty bright and pretty dull at the same time. The new coach needs to find a way to put his players around him and show them what they are playing for: something they're not playing for this year.
As a fan, I believe in the Flames. I also believe that they'll be able to find a new coach that is strongly suited to lead this team to success. So the countdown for the new coach begins. Who will the Flames pick? And will he lead the team? We'll find out in the coming weeks, puck heads!
Picture of Brent Sutter courtesy of USA Today.
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