Sutter needed double hernia surgery since last fall, but gutted it out to prove a point
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His boss, Kings General Manager
Dean Lombardi, joked about Sutter's legendary stubbornness. Apparently, Sutter was trying to set an example for his players. Coaching in pain?
"You know what, I don't want him to get any sympathy, at all," Lombardi said, joking, on Sunday morning. "That stubborn whatever. Clearly, he was aware of this last year. And during the lockout he was told to have it taken care of and as we know, sometimes, it's not going to go away.
"Not only did he do one of his finest coaching jobs this year, I can remember how many mornings where he would come in and he was in pain. But he wouldn't let anybody know. I told him at that time, 'You'll get no sympathy from me, buddy.' This could have been done back in November, but you just didn't want to do it. So he was in a lot of pain there this week, but no sympathy."
"You talk about players playing injured ... this guy [Sutter] was injured and he was still playing every day and nobody knew. I remember sometimes he couldn't get up. ...There's your classic Western Canadian."