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Originally Posted by Tron_fdc
I think what people are getting mixed up is the fire and brimstone, paint peeling motivator (I think guys like Tortarella fit this) and the master manipulator (Think Scotty Bowman) style coaches. You don't need to yell and scream to motivate professionals. You DO however need to find their buttons, and push it from time to time. That is what separates the good from the great IMO.
I don't know where the quote was, but I think it was Amonte or Roenick (maybe even Suter) that told a story about how when Sutter coached in Chicago. They were having a bad game, and Sutter grabbed one of their sticks, grabbed a pen, and wrote "work" across the blade and handed it back. No words, no speeches, no yelling; just a small message saying you were taking a night off and it wasn't acceptable. THAT is what a guy like Sutter does, and that's why players play for him. He finds what motivates the individual player, and exposes it.
I just don't see GG being that type of coach.
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I can't remember exactly but maybe someone else but there was quote from an LA player that Sutter was giving players assignments during games that made them very focused on the task. He constantly challenges his players to meet higher expectations calls them out if they take nights off but he is first to praise his team if they lose but
they work their tails off. A lot of times losses are just lack of overall effort and if you don't push that effort consistently players can get sloppy or take nights off.
We have some players who give poor efforts but when we are seeing it more often than not you start to wonder if it was addressed? Are they being challenged? Kind if fits with what your saying about motivating- pushing buttons.