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This was posted in the Herald yesterday. Talks about Gulutzan's learnings from Darryl Sutter:

And, of course, there was the occasional opportunity for the up-and-coming coach from Hudson Bay, Sask., to talk shop with the man who led the Flames to Game 7 of the 2004 Stanley Cup final and has since guided the Kings to a pair of championship parades.

“One of the things that sticks out is I asked him in 2004, ‘How did you get the team to play that hard?’ ” said Gulutzan, now 45. “I remember that was one of the questions I asked him after their playoff run. I hadn’t seen a team play that hard. And Darryl’s answer, I still remember, was: ‘I didn’t. I didn’t do it.’ He said, ‘Once Jarome and the leadership got on board and together, they looked after it themselves.’ Darryl had the horses hitched to the wagon, and they just ran.

“I can remember him saying, ‘It wasn’t me. It was them. It was on the leadership, it was on the players, and they took hold of it,’ ” continued Calgary’s current bench boss. “And I’ve tried to adopt a little bit of that. You kind of set up the framework, you set up the structure, you set up the passion, you try to bond the team together, and different coaches bond teams together in different ways. But at the end of it, you need to let the players take hold of it and take it where they want to go. I’ve always kept that in my thought process when I’m trying to develop a team.

http://calgaryherald.com/sports/hock...pact-on-career

The timing is interesting because Gio had one of his best games last night, and certainly tilted the ice with his thundering hit on Brown. We don't know what is said in the room but I don't hear many complaints about Gio's leadership now that the Flames have been winning...