Darryl was IMO one of the best player coaches we had since Crispy.
Knew exactly what he had to work with and what he could sdqueeze out of a guy.
Guys playing without an edge, playing hurt , intimidated need a master motivator.
Iginla was his absolute best under Darryl and after Darryl was gone Iginla was and is not even today half the player he was back then.
SO many guys from that 04 team were playing WAY over their heads yet Darryl knew how to motivate them all to play as a team and not a bunch of individuals.......if we had been lucky enough back then to have the farm depth we have today wed have 2 cups maybe 3 by now.
Its exciting what were building toward right now .....nobody even sees it coming yet but this Flames team we watched this year compete every f'ing game is going to be great.
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