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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
Those are some pretty crazy allegations to be making. What did they say they had for sources? I would expect something like that would eventually get out to more than just those guys.
If it is the case that's what took place, it's pretty damning for Treliving. But, I would not believe for a second that Sutter would have agreed to come back under those circumstances or that he would put up with it while he's coach.
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If this is true, it doesn't really say much to me besides the fact that Treliving didn't want to fire Ward but had to intervene in some way because Ward was failing big time. That's what bosses do. I wouldn't expect Treliving to be twiddling his thumbs while the team is burning.
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Originally Posted by fleury
I think people are afraid of those two being right. Personally I think they could be telling the truth - Kypreos is in the know. And it is damning against Brad. I don't think Daryl would come if they wanted to micromanage, but I did find the statement from Daryl early on that the system was not executed, a little peculiar. Often coaches will try their own style out, and it makes me wonder if there was a directive to go with this system based on whatever Brad is trying to put in place. It's not unreasonable, but I hope Daryl gets to fully manage the way he wants.
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There's only a handful of unique systems, but the way they're executed differs a lot. You can already see in 2 games a significant difference in how they execute the system. It's night and day and that has nothing to do with motivation, effort, playing the right way or any other vague cliches that guys like Loubo will point to and everything to do with how the coach strategizes the game.
If you're on twitter, Jack Han (@JhanHky) does a great job laying out some of the specifics as to how the Flames are now executing the system. It's not a coincidence that the Flames have gone overnight from being heavily out-shot right off the opening face-off to being the team heavily out-shooting their opponents. They are playing Darryl Sutter hockey in almost the exact same manner the Kings did when he took over in 2012.
Treliving won't need to be overly involved with Sutter in terms of game play. From everything "insiders" have speculated, Darryl was Treliving's original choice going back to when Peters was fired but Darryl wasn't available/interested at that time. And, Sutter knows what he's doing.