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Originally Posted by jayswin
I don't believe that to be true at all, myself. Sure, the conversations would have been there about coaching and Sutter not being ready back then. But hiring Sutter likely had way more to do with the team imploding than a master plan where Trelving would hire Sutter at a later date regardless of what Ward was or wasn't accomplishing.
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I agree.
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Likely coincidence that Brad knew another coach wasn't working and had to make the change, and Sutter was now ready.
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I think we can chalk it up to some good fortune at work, but I also think it is likely that Sutter was the coach Treliving and the owners wanted all along. It is not like he just happened to be the next best available unemployed NHL coach.