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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
It's very fair to assume Sutter had input on guys he knows well (Gudbranson from Anaheim, Lewis from L.A., Richardson from L.A.'s pressbox) but at the end of the day Tre IS the GM. He's allowed to have the final say. And I doubt Sutter had much aggressive input on Zadorov or Coleman, since he has no history with either. Of course I'm sure he was still consulted, judt as Bill Peters was involved with the signing of Austin Czarnik.
Just as with Nik Grossman though, a GM can't let the coach decide the roster. Gulutzan's emotional manipulation of the roster over Grossman being waived was a low point in Tre's career BECAUSE grossman should never have been signed regardless of Gulutzan's advocacy.
Sutter can't be building the roster, and Treliving can't be setting the lines (which was a rumour towards the end of Geoff Ward's tenure). That boundary should be discrete.
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Of course they're working together.
But you don't see the humour in Treliving getting hammered for signing Gudbranson in August, but now it's on Sutter's shoulders because he's doing well?
I said all along it was a Sutter influenced signing, and never gave credit or blame to anyone.