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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
This core had quit on just about every coach they have had, hard nose or not. Initial success followed up by disappointment. Hartley, GG, Peters, Ward all had this happen. Now pretty much everyone is gone from the Hartley era so maybe this trend starts to reverse. NHL coaches do seem to have extremely short shelf lives, but even shorter here.
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I think nearly everyone in today's NHL would have quit on Hartley. He is a hard and demanding coach and does no seem to be fair with many if not most players. Darryl is hard and demanding but he is very fair with players who want to buy in.
Glue gun was a poor hire. Brilliant hockey mind but not strong enough to lead a team to sustained success.
Ward was a stop gap coach. Career assistant. Not really head coach material at the NHL level.
Oh, and Peters. Turned out his past came back to haunt him. I would have liked to see what happened the year he stepped down. Demanding coach but apparently a jerk. Hasn't had success at the NHL level. Can probably do the job under the right circumstances.
Sutter. Top level coach. Can work with any roster. Too bad it didn't work out to hire him earlier. Of those previous coaches, only Hartley came close to Sutter's level but as I mentioned he was a jerk whose bullying ways are no longer welcome in n today's NHL.