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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I don't know how anyone could hate Gulutzan. He's a nice guy and the kind of person you would want as your neighbor or friend. I do believe that players over time lost belief in his personnel decisions and systems which was probably a big reason their play just fell off the map down the stretch as there's only many times you can tell someone to hammer a square peg into a round hole before they toss the hammer and say "I'm done with this!".
I mentioned as much in the Brouwer thread earlier this morning that players are human and I'm sure plenty of players questioned why he got a letter on his jersey and his deployment on the first line or powerplay unit.
The Hamilton stuff is harder because there's nothing we can judge from his play on the ice that could draw any conclusions to his likeability in the room as he seemed to be the biggest joker which isn't what you normally see from a person that isn't' fitting in.
Lastly the source got this information from "chatting with someone in the organization?" I hear that stuff a lot and IMO it's probably 3rd hand stuff that may or may not be true so I take this with a grain of salt.
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Nothing from the ice, but the whole brother thing for 2+ years was certainly strange enough to create an ongoing discussion here.
But I do think "odd" and "hated" are very different things.