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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Who said it would be the only reason? It only has to be part of their reasoning as we all know money, weather, cities all play a role. We are talking about a coach the Kings players locked out of the locker room and Doughty said publicly that the Kings needed a coaching change. He's got a shelf life and things never get better in time with Sutter, only worse as he wears on everyone over time.
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I think some people are underselling how much of a role a coach can play on players wanting to stay or leave.
Someone had Bob Hartley on their trade list.
Alex Tanguay asked to be traded when we brought in Mike Keenan. Mike Keenan also ran Juice out of town when he started playing mind games with him again.
Players told the team they wouldn't sign if we kept Bob Hartley.
Now we have a recent example of Matthew and Johnny. I don't think Matthew stays if Sutter was here or not but as we know they disliked each other and have thrown shots at each other through the media this season.
On the flip side players do come to a team based on relationships and to play for a coach. Trevor Lewis, Brad Richardson and Erik Gudbranson.