" For those who remember the Calgary Flames coaching carousel at the start of the century, this is a refreshing switch.

Despite the club's struggles to start the season, a 10-12-2 record going into Saturday night's road clash with the Edmonton Oilers, Brent Sutter is safe in his job as head coach, according to GM Jay Feaster.

"I'm happy with this coaching staff," Feaster said Friday morning at the Saddledome. "That's probably the dreaded vote of confidence or whatever they call it, but this coaching staff has done a good job.

"They work hard. They've done a good job of teaching."

Remember what it was like around the Saddledome a decade ago?

For fun, or to bring up painful memories for Flames fans, here's a recap:

• Brian Sutter. Fired April 11, 2000, after three seasons.

• Don Hay. Fired March 14, 2001, after 68 games.

• Greg Gilbert. Fired Dec. 3, 2002, after 121 games.

After two-plus seasons at the helm, Darryl Sutter, who replaced Gilbert, decided to strictly serve as GM, and had Jim Playfair at the helm for the 2006-07 season. When that didn't work to plan, Mike Keenan was brought in and served as bench boss for two seasons, eventually fired with one more year on his contract.

By comparison to some of those coaches, Brent Sutter has had an eternity in his role despite not making the playoffs in his first two seasons, but Feaster said he doesn't believe a change is needed at this time."