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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Jokinen had a strong final year, Brodie made inroads, Smith prior to his injury looked like a find. Heck even Iginla and Kipper had great seasons under Brent. The fact is that the only players that didn't really flourish were the ones you listed. Anyway carry on bringing down the collective IQ of this website spouting how Brent Sutter is a terrible coach.
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Maybe in another situation he would be a great coach. But his time here was a failure. No doubt about it. Teams with lesser roasters have had more success in the last few years than the Flames during his tenure. Was this a team that was on the downturn? Sure, but he didn't succeed in elevating it as a collective of more than the sum of its parts, which is really what a coach is expected to do. A coach can't control individual players, but he can create a situation where a group of players share a collective success, and he didn't do that.
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