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Originally Posted by Tinordi

Interesting stream of logic that Brent needed to adapt but the players didn't. Why should that be the case? Isn't the coach supposed to be the boss? Brent saw that this team wasn't good enough and that was the bottom line. No amount of adapting would have turned this team into anything more than a first round appetizer for a real team.

Interestingly we have a good counter factual in Bob Hartley. He seemed to adapt well enough, focused more on the offensive side. Where did that get the Flames? Yep still sucking.

Had Brent, with his focus on hard work, systems been here for the rebuild I speculate that we would have been just as appreciative of his approach as we are now for Hartley. The real problem was a rotten core.

Eddie Shore sold the Springfield Indians in 1976 and I don't think anyone wants him back. My way or the highway, doesn't work anymore. Also some players aren't capable of playing a certain way and to force them to, negates their talents.

As an owner, Shore could be cantankerous and was often accused of treating players with little respect. He commonly had players who had been out of the lineup perform maintenance in the Eastern States Coliseum, the Indians' home, referring to them as "Black Aces." [5] Today, the term is commonly used to refer to extra players on the roster who train with the team in case of injury.[5] During the 1967 season, the entire Indians team refused to play after Shore suspended three players without pay, including future NHL star Bill White, for what he said was "indifferent play." When the team asked for an explanation, Shore suspended the two players who spoke for the team, one of whom was Brian Kilrea. Alan Eagleson, then a little-known lawyer and sometime politician, was brought in to negotiate with Shore on the players' behalf. The battle escalated for months, ending with Shore giving up day-to-day operations of the club; the genesis of the National Hockey League Players' Association stems from that incident. Shore continued to own the team until he sold it in 1976.