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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
Ah, the classic CP Fire the Coach Thread. This place along with Brad Treliving are absolute coach killers. That’s 5 coaches in 9 seasons and people here are already clamoring for a 6th. Each coach gets like 1.5 seasons before posters here bring out the pitchforks. I still remember the conversations that were being had for years here before Sutter entered the equation?
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Frankly, the Flames have managed to bring coaches who demand the same type of game. Play for good analytics and hope you score on those low percentage shots. News flash. Analytics are garbage and so is the style of hockey being played. What has made this stuff even worse is Sutter's propensity to play favorites with some of the weakest players in the league. Lucic shouldn't even be dressing. Lewis should get spot duty and sharing war stories with Luicic in the press box. This team should be leveraging the speed and skill they have and working to find chemistry between players, not trying to hammer that square peg into the same round hole game-after-game.
I'm really shocked that others could not see this happening. Sutter did it his first go-round in Calgary, did it in LA to the point his players publicly stated their approval of his firing. The guy is a dinosaur and isn't a fit for the game and the players in this iteration of the NHL. The Flames should put him out to pasture but they won't. They'll keep him around and the team will continue to underperform and make it more difficult to attract and retain talent. Coaches like Sutter have a shelf life and the Flames didn't bother to check that date before hiring him. He was past his expiration date long before they brought him in to replace Ward.
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We’ve basically gone full circle with this endless search for a coach, it’s literally the definition of insanity. This place cried for an “elite” coach 2 years ago and they finally got their wish and now even an elite coach can make this fanbase happy. Like I’ve before, It does not matter who coaches this team, they will have their flaws and this fanbase will somehow unfairly crucify them anyway.
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Sutter ain't elite. That's such a fantasy. The guy plays favorites, doesn't match lines, has terrible situational awareness, and doesn't know how to use talent worth a damn. He may be a great motivator for a very short period of time, but a guy that actually coaches and makes in game adjustments, that's ain't Sutter. Sutter may have a couple rings, but he did so by coaching teams to middle of the pack seasons and hoping they could catch fire and wear the opposition down playoff victories. Doesn't work anymore.