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Originally Posted by browna
Hartley is a pretty hard ass coach, and he's been whipping the players pretty good in his time here, even in Feaster's hail mary move to bring him in; his year of taking the vets for one last push (and Sarich, Jones, Tanguay, to name 3 were direct casualties).That includes last year especially, pushing all the buttons to get the most out of the young guys towards the playoff push. In the end, the end justifies the means, ask the 2004 Flames under Sutter.
With that being his style, eventually (and maybe sooner than other coaching styles) Hartley's message and motivational tactics will start to lose it's impact if the roster stays more of less the same, and if the results aren't there as they aren't this season, the "means" come into question.
Is that happening so far this year? Who knows.
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Hartley strikes me as the kind of coach that when things are going well, he's your best friend and you never want the good times to end. But when things are going bad, you probably want to hide from him. He reminds me of Keenan in that respect, but without the unorthodox coaching decisions.