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Originally Posted by Major Major
You are right that there is much we do not know. Systems, what is going on in the room, the general attitude of the team, who would even come in to coach this group today if they could, are the GM's hands tied?
So let's focus on what we do know. This coach has made significant lineup blunders that have had lasting consequences. These blunders are plainly obvious to an outsider. The last one was painful to watch and ended up in our net 90 seconds into the game. Rittich in the playoffs is another one, the handling of Bennett another and there are many more. We know these are screwups because boy it sure seemed like it at the time and they have blown up in his face. We are where we are. So you'r sitting there in the room and the guy who's leading you who is supposed to be one of the best in the world is a screw up who makes bad judgement calls, great.
The roster that Brad built is limited in so many ways, but you know what, has shown they can be pretty good if the direction isn't confusing coming from a confusing guy. Again, if they are sitting there wondering if they should be playing more offensively or more defensively or whatever this supposed split is, the coach blows. That's kinda his area. And when Rhett says that some guys wanted to play run and gun and some guys wanted to play more defensively, the coach blew then too. That's his job.
This team also has mental limitations and they aren't motivated by the player's coach thing. It needs a straightforward hardass type where there will be no confusion. Hello Darryl, I say. He would actually take the burden off our wonderful team of mental little people. They no longer need to worry about all this identity crisis BS. They would just be Darryl's guys and they'd just need to pull on the rope and get a few blisters. I honestly think it would be a massive relief for them because the discussion around this team has gotten pretty batty. Darryl's identity gets into the room 10 minutes before his belt buckle does.
What if it doesn't work? Great, it's a teardown. Boom, easy. If it goes really sideways, they might even get a good pick out of it. But it would be better than whatever this #### is.
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Darryl Sutter had his time here, he found a great goalie, had a magical run which was fantastic, but he the. followed that up by building this team into a perennial bubble playoff loser. I’m not sure Darryl is the long term answer here. The 2004 team had no egos, limited skill, but a ton of heart. His Kings team had a future hall of fame #1 center and a #1 defensemen and a lot of big heavy bodies. They could barely make the playoffs at times, but were built for the playoffs.
This Flames team is none of those things I mentioned. I’m not even sure where Darryl Sutter would begin. It would probably end up a lot like Ken Hitchcock’s tenure with the Oilers. Hall of fame coach, comes in, changes some things, says some stuff, still fails.
This Flames team isn’t confused like you’re saying in my opinion, they’ve been playing a similar system for years now. Even Glen Gulutzan’s system wasn’t too far off from Peters/Ward. This is ultimately just a semi-skilled, lazy group of players with with no pride or ability to initiate. They’re playing a system (a very prevalent system I might add) that requires hard work and diligence, but they’re not up for the challenge because they’re a bunch of Dime a Dozen Divas.