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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
Bob Hartley: Much more of a straight-shooter. He is not afraid of telling you like it is, but he goes too far at times. He didn't play mind games like Keenan did - not exactly. Sarich shared his story about being scratched a bunch of times in a row, so he said screw it, and went golfing and had a few beers the day before a game. Hartley found out, and suddenly inserted him into the lineup. I don't really consider that much of a mind game. He would threaten players with getting sent down, stuff like that. That's not terrible really. What is terrible is how much and at what times he would take a strip off a player, and keep doing it.
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It's terrible that he had to do that to try and get through to some of the players. I don't think he is a psychopath that just gets off on tearing strips off players. Maybe they are too used to coaches eventually relenting.
I love Sarich, but that story doesn't really reflect well on him. It doesn't matter if you are a healthy scratch for a few games, you are still paid to be in condition to play at your best level at any moment. If Hartley did that to teach him a lesson, then good.