The stuff John Stevens talked about in his podcast are ringing true of how Sutter coaches.
When he called Doughty Mr. Fancy Pants and other names. Throwing a stick at a players head and telling them to try a new one.
Ripping guys is ok, do it on a 1 on 1 setting like a coach, but humiliating players in front of their peers and media is not alright and the person that is getting it is usually left embarrassed.
How would you feel one day when you are sitting in a team meeting and your boss gets up suddenly and starts ripping you and telling you are not a very good? You left huge amounts poop in the toilet? Sound like a fun place to work?
He also said Sutter got upset with the players last year because they started playing to pad individual stats and he hates that. Kind of defeats the oh but Gaudreau and Tkachuk thrived being 100% sticking to the system. A bunch of BS.
Maybe that's why Tkachuk is still producing because he cares about his individual stats. Maybe Sutter reiterated that they will change how they play this upcoming season and that was it for Tkachuk, not saying its the only reason.
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