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Originally Posted by djsFlames
From what I've gathered, none of the previous coaches under Treliving's tenure have worked intensively with the players on an individual level. From what I've seen, for the most part they've used a blanket system approach for a team full of very different players that bring different aspects to the team and left the skill guys to their own devices and to self-motivate, rather than working a more catered approach that brings the best out of said skill players, outside of the dreaded Gaudreau drop passes. The current system has better success principles while Sutter is working with guys individually to bring up the details of their games and increase the speed at which they play. As Darryl put it, some of these guys have never been shown to do things the right way in his mind, so that just tells you so much about the way the previous coaches went about things. Probably didn't ruffle too many feathers in the room, and preached the same message to the whole group ad nauseum which would always eventually fall upon deaf ears, while Sutter develops relationships with each and every one of his guys and learns what each responds best to. You see that in the segments around the Kings' winning teams. The other top coaches in the league probably operate in a similar way.
We were really just wasting/biding our time before Sutter entered the fold here. The other guys were playing house behind the bench. Peters and Hartley were slightly better motivators than the rest due to their tough love approach, but still couldn't adjust to opposing coaches effectively when faced with adversity.
We're blessed to have this man step back into the fold for us.
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Agreed 100%
For me…if you subscribe to Sutter’s theory that the players needed to be taught how to play “the right way” it could definitely be considered an indictment of the preceding recent coaches or his motivation for stating what is becoming obvious….is Sutter just bluntly stating what he believes as Fact. If he’s proven right by a consistent level of elevated individual and Team play going forward…..some could argue that Tre himself is not aware of what “playing the right way” means….