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Originally Posted by corporatejay
Well it's not like he left our cupboards full of prospectus. Out of all the Sutter drafts we are left with backlund and brodie as basically the only NHL level players, how is that not his fault.
And look, you can't have it both ways, you either hire people to make hockey decisions and let them make those decisions, good or bad, or you don't. My philosophy is that owners shoulnd't meddle and the let the hockey guys make the hockey decisions....look how much criticism Jerry Jones, Skeletor and Dan Snyder get/got.
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Yes I was just thinking the same thing as I read your post. I suppose I can't blame ownership for meddling and then on the other hand say that they should've prevented Sutter for making those bad trades. You definitely have me there.
The new NHL confused him. And in that confusion he made a lot of mistakes. I think he learned from those mistakes and he's applying what he learned to his new job as coach of the King. All he ever really had to do is stick with what he knew which was hard-nosed hard-working hockey.