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Originally Posted by Bertuzzied
I think as long as Hartley has a better risk/reward system than Sutter which it looks like he already does than the mental state of the team will be fine.
Just look at Stajan this year compared to last.
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The thing is though, is Hartley really doing that great of a job over Sutter so far or is it because we all hated Sutter so much that we have come to believe that anyone is a better coach than him.
We can look at Stajan from the past year to this year along with many other players aka Bouwmeester.
However, Cammalleri is struggling, Giordano looks lost, Smith imo hasn't been really good and Kipper was horrible to start the season. I agree it is still very early but it's not like everyone improved suddenly after the addition of Hartley.
Wideman, Hudler, Cervenka have been some of the best players on the Flames this season and Sutter didn't have the opportunity to coach them.
Keep in mind, before Sutter came here, many people thought we just hired one of the best coaches in the league. Dave Lowry came on board and people were calling this an "all star coaching staff" when there were rumours of Tippet being the associate coach. Sutter has done well in the past, while the Flames have been coach killers for a while now.