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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I think with Brent he became a victim of the team trying to move away from Darryl's approach of a big, slow team. When Feaster took over he emphasized getting faster and Sarich stood out as the slowest skater on the blueline. Better skaters like Butler, Smith and Brodie kind of took his spot.
As for Hartley I'm not sure. Maybe it was the same reasons as Brent that he wasn't fast enough to keep up the higher tempo he was trying to implement or maybe it was Bob being Bob and just didn't like the way Sarich looked at him one day.
I think on a more talented team that plays solid team defense a guy like Sarich can have a role but on a bad team like Calgary where there's not a great team defensive concept he stands out at times because he's not fast enough to chase guys and the way this team plays defensively the defensemen are hung out to dry often.
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Yeah, I think a lot of it had to do with management direction. Feaster was trying to be everything that Darryl was not, "puck moving defenseman" was what "No 1 C" was last year.... shipped out or benched anyone who was fast, and it was all about puck moving D.