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Originally Posted by browna
Sutter’s general mandate was to make the playoffs.
He was given/earned the trust to be able to do it his way. When the owners, or a particular owner, thought that Sutter’s results weren’t enough and given his carte blanche without really having to justify the moves he made, the owners started getting doubtful. For some reason they seeked out a yes-man who had been out of work for 5 years and he started his detective work as AGM and told the owners what they wanted to hear and promised to return some of the decision making back to them when he got the full time gig.
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and then he went on tv after the flames had been out of it for 3 or 4 years at that point and proclaimed he had gotten his "marching orders" direct from Murray Edwards that the flames WILL make the playiffs the following Season. (They didn't).