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Originally Posted by Kidder
I think this is what has us Flames Fans who remember the Sutter (and pre-Sutter) era so excited.
This is the man who took over a directionless team in midst of ‘03 and vowed they wouldn’t miss the playoffs again. And he kept his word (as coach).
This is the man who ended the cup curse. And got us back within a whisker (or whistle) of that same Cup for the first and only time since.
This is the man who then led us to our first division title in over a decade, and after the game 7 letdown (to a team that would win the Stanley Cup the next season) fired himself as bench master for his self-admitted disappointing performance. He holds everyone accountable, even himself.
The Flames were a joke. A perennial letdown. And Sutter was the man who came in and changed all that. With his gruff, no-guff attitude that changed the culture of the team and gave the city back its pride in the Flaming C.
Sure he had his faults as GM. But finally, for all the rightful dour expectations we currently hold of this core and this team, we have the coach that can shift all that.
Not sure Sutter will be behind the bench Saturday. But I bet by the end of the season, our collective expectations will have shifted for the better. And for once, we might not be left in disappointment.
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All true...and he sees right through Eric Francis like the rest of us.