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Originally Posted by Bingo
I read all of round one before posting round two ... so many good arguments.
If I hadn't read I don't think I would have had Coates on the mind, but it's hard to ignore how well he did in moving assets in the bleakest of times. Sutter was like a phoenix ... a big rise and a spectacular fall. Treliving has a calmness and professional feel that I appreciate. I think he's done well drafting and with RFAs, I like most of his trades. But his UFA signings have hurt him.
I'm going Coates.
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I can agree with most of this actually. Think BT's trades are overrated though. The Hamilton ones were good but what else? Good rfa deals. Bad ufa deals. Sutter's highs are higher, lows are going to be lower. BT's approach was probably helped by growing up in a corporate atmosphere. I appreciate Sutter's gruff no-nonsense approach more than BT's carefully moulded public image. I'm a results guy, and BT had an opportunity that Sutter didn't. To come in a paint on a mostly blank canvas. I don't like the picture we are seeing right now personally. He had some runway I'm assuming but didn't really use it, mostly thanks to 2015. I wonder if the owners meddled after that? We went from calm rebuild to 'contender' remarkably fast... too fast. BT needed to convince the owners that 2015 wasn't sustainable and more picks were needed in order to ensure sustained long term success. Tough task probably but managers have to manage their managers at times.