Oh, come on...
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Originally Posted by curves2000
...I watch or listen almost all the Flames press conferences and media interviews either online, radio or tv. I recall a few instances where this guy's ego was talking more than his skillset can deliver.
Last year when Calgary was playing Florida and Jagr was with the Panthers he said and I quote "When I coached Jags in Dallas" and he went on and on. Some of it was talking about Jagr the player and some of it was almost like HE taught Jagr something. This guy held the bench door open for Jagr, end of story...
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Gulutzan talked a tonne about Jagr because he knows him pretty well, and because Jagr's short time in Calgary was a really interesting story. This DOES NOT sound like someone so pretentious as to insinuate that he had anything to do with Jagr's success as a hockey player:
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Originally Posted by Glen Gulutzan
"You look at his age and what he can do. And, yes, he’s physically a specimen, but his hockey I.Q. is just off the charts, and that’s what allows him to be behind Wayne Gretzky in scoring. It’s hard to explain the things he does. There were certainly some ‘wow’ moments in watching him play in Dallas."
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Nor does this:
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"You learn every time you chat with [Jagr]. When you have a guy that’s played that long and that many games, he knows where he’s at."
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It is abundantly fair to criticize the coach for actual coaching mis-steps and flaws, but these anecdotal sorts of speculative denouncements are nonsense.