Quote:
Originally Posted by Bingo
Go back and look at the exit interviews from last year and specifically Versteeg.
Coaching staff has made hockey fun again.
This is like Chicago where players have a voice and an opinion.
The statements you are referring to are simplifying statements that you give to a tight team. It's the right thing to say.
You guys don't have to agree with me, but I see player execution issues all over the ice right now, and that's not coaching. This isn't Mike Keenan screaming at them, the media has been pointing out how wired Gulutzan is this week because he's showing emotion for the first time.
This isn't a team that has been brow beaten into nervousness.
|
I understand what you are saying Bingo, but I also remember the clip of Patrick Kane when the players coach got fired early in the season (Savard I believe) to bring in a "hard coach" at the time in Quenville. Winning and characters build a "fun" room is my opinion. The coach just needs to facilitate it. The 04 flames had a tight room, as did the Stanley cup winning Kings and Sutter doesn't strike me as the type of guy to organize team hiking trips (pardon the hyperbole).
Note this is not necessarily an endorsement for bringing back Sutter. Just a counter point.