The thing for me is a good coach is able to adapt a system for the players he has, not the other way around and Brent was just too pig headed and stuck in his ways to adapt. He also had a loser mentality. When we went to California to play two games in two days, he'd start Kipper against the weak team trying to guarantee a win while giving up trying to win the second game where he'd start the backup. The thing was this lack of confidence rubbed off on the team and they'd lose the easy game too.
I remember when Phil Housley was brought back to the Flames a second time and I thought, this should be hilarious watching Phil play for Brian Sutter. The thing is Phil played well because Brian knew how to use him. Brian was a good coach but I don't think he's interested anymore to give his all to coaching.
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