Flames Coach Calls Out His Team After Ugly Loss

The Calgary Flames lost 5-1 to the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday night and head coach Geoff Ward was pissed off and didn't hold back. Ward proceeded to call out his team after their latest ugly defeat and he's sick and tired of the inconsistencies he's seeing from his club.

Inconsistent I think is probably the best way (to describe the four-game set against the Canucks), but we've been talking about it for a while now. It's time to put this thing to bed and take charge and take control of what we can. We certainly can control the way start, we certainly can control how we pay attention to details, how hard we compete, how much we care. All those things are certainly within our control. It's time for us to start giving a shit about it.

I thought we had a good push at the start of the second period, but the two late goals I mean, they're killers, obviously. After we got the game to 2-1 it's the same thing again. It's not what you make all the time it's what you leave, and to leave those opportunities that we gave them after making the hockey game 2-1, it's inexcusable.

The Flames currently sit on the outside looking in at the playoff picture and if the team doesn't make the playoffs this year, expect to see an overhaul at the top of their roster.

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