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Originally Posted by ricardodw
Devil's advocate.... The minute a coach goes hard ass on a player who is guaranteed 20M and has no means of punishing him and has the player quit on him .....
I think it works better when there is a Toews/ Seabrook or Iginla, Doughty, Pietroangelo , Chara, Perry, Burns or even Wheeler who can call out and push a teammate for not playing up to their potential.
Gio seems more of a come on guys sort of personality.
Hartley was coaching a bunch of guys without money for life and GG is coaching guys to whom he can't back up his " Or else"
If Hartley were to threaten 2018 Gaudreau/ Monahan/ Backlund / Hamonic / Hamilton/ Stone / Brodie / Frolik / Gio / Stajan / Brouwer with you better play harder they might go along for a game or two and then come to the conclusion that they would rather play on a better team for a better coach.
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Hartley is the guy that coached Gaudreau and Monahan to their "money for life" contracts and I simply don't buy that Monahan and Gaudreau are the kind of guys that would check out on a coach. I'm not a Hartley fan and I feel his issues went beyond just a firm hand as he was not a nice person(basically an #######) which is the real reason he got canned.