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Originally Posted by sun
Kinda funny, I seem to remember the hiring was largely panned by the media. But being the clever people we are here, CP knew Lombardi made a great choice.
Dowbiggin in particular had some hilarious tweets. Something about "watch van and det and tell me why you'd hire Sutter" or something lol. Someone should dig those up.
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Because Sutter didn't cuddle up to many in the press in the city. Many expect/demand that whoever the Flames coach is should be their buddy, because, well, they were the media and this was the Flames.
So, refusing to give them any insider info that they could spin one of twenty different ways in the articles, or twitter got them upset. They all wanted to be Flames "insiders" like their counterparts in other cities, and Sutter
wouldn't allow it.
Dowbiggen, in particular,along with another guy who like to hear his own voice more in Jock Wilson, seemed to take the most offense to the snub, and then they tried to play the "voice of reason" card (ie Sutter bashing) at every chance in order to stroke their egos more than provide anything of actual analysis.
No idea where Dowbiggen is...writing for the "Good Morning News"?
Sutter keeps on keeping on, and manages to get the most out of his players when it matters the most. Given his last 5 years of coaching, in this day and age, certainly another Cup should do it, given his background and career as a whole.
Things would've been much different in the late 2000's here if the owners let Sutter back behind the bench as he requested, after the Playfair experiment failed.