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Originally Posted by Sidney Crosby's Hat
The year that Brent Sutter came in as coach, Darryl Sutter actually wanted to coach but was denied by higher-ups. I think Darryl could have at least made that team into one that won a round or two as coach.
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Hiring Brent, (I've also heard that it was more of the Newspaper Publishers idea than Daryl's), pretty much set this franchise back 5 years within 3 of his coaching.
It nearly killed Daryl Sutter's career (he's lucky LA took a flyer on him) and he still gets flak for being a subpar GM. Above average coaching during the Brent years would have lead to 3 playoff appearances and likely winning a round. Elite coaching (which we had in Daryl) sitting in the pressbox, because Ken King wanted a fresh face, might have got us back to the finals.
There was a rift between the brothers for a long time afterward, simply because Brent and his coaching mutilated that team.