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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
Watching how these guys have rebounded makes me hate Sutter even more. I know it's still early in the season, but all the talk about how the Flames lacked talent, how they looked old and lifeless all the time, about how they never brought forth an effort, well the blame can be solidly placed on Sutter's shoulders. This team has got mad skillz, and Sutter really put a lid on all that.
Just look at how Hartley praises Iggy compared to Sutter. Sutter was always saying how some players weren't buying into his system, and he wouldn't name names, but he knew exactly what the problem was. Hartley comes out and says sure Iggy's not scoring as much, but praises him for still being our emotional leader. Everytime I saw a player come back on the bench, Hartley walked over and gave them a pat on the back. Rarely saw Sutter do that, if ever.
This Flames team in so much better then their record shows. Sutter was absolutely the wrong coach for this team, and it RGMG that 3 years were wasted with him behind the bench.
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you know that last years team wasn't all that skill full and that's why there were 14 players turned over from last years team.
This team has been built for Hartley like the previous teams were built for Sutter.
Last years team was neither fast enough or skilled enough to play this game.
However you can argue that Bou and Backlund suffered under coach Sutter