Here's some of the "Hartley was a bully" stuff:
Sarich: Bob Hartley "was the worst coach I ever had"
https://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthread.php?t=166506
Shane O'Brien has told stories about Hartley making Baertschi cry. I think McGrattan has had a lot of harsh words for him as well.
Scott Parker called him a bully:
https://www.cbssports.com/nhl/news/f...y-was-a-bully/
I've heard players talk about rallying as a team around a player that gets picked on by a coach. Easy to see how that motivation dies quickly though when you see the coach doing it again and again though.