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Originally Posted by MBates
I wonder if a player drinking - even just a little - might have been a uniquely troubling thing for Hartley to grapple with?
Take note as he describes the bracelet that was in his pocket for every single game he coached as a Flame and listen closely to why it was given to him:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcK6AXG9i_s
Maybe he deserves some slack on the subject?
An earlier poster made the point by simply asking the question of what Micheal Ferland would say about Hartley. So I thought I would just amplify that a bit:
http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/br...XqJ/story.html
I am not going to doubt player accounts of what they personally experienced, nor am I making a case one way or another about his coaching style or tactics. But maybe Hartley can be both the worst coach Sarich ever had and also a fantastic, yet flawed, human being who made it to the NHL as a coach on merit and happened to pick up a Stanley Cup and Jack Adams award along the way? |
What a thoughtful write-up! Mass props for this. If Hartley's only legacy with the flames is taking the time to help Ferland, and the Ferland we have seen this year is the direct result of that effort, Sarich's thoughts on the matter can pound sand.