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Originally Posted by saillias
I think they sit and work together all day every day. That's the problem.
Please think through the logic of the quoted post, that Sutter is a previous cup winner, but the team isn't a cup winner, therefore he wins the conflict and gets to stay. Following this logic no roster that isn't a cup contender is ever allowed to ever want a new coach if they aren't a cup winner core(?) but their coach has won(?). No matter how toxic the coach or whatever the situation. Never mind that there are several cup champions on the team anyway. It is a completely absurd line of reasoning. Maybe they would be a cup contending core with a new coach. It's just absurd circular reasoning to justify doing nothing sorry.
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I didn't add t his post because I thought he was pretty clear and agreed with him that getting rid of of the coach is the easy answer. If those 2 guys busted their butts and made things happen out there I think they would have a lot more traction. Same thing he said, more effort or production in close games from those 2 and we would likely make the playoffs. For 2 guys that just came in and signed large contracts they should be leaders on the ice. Has this group won anything? Will they be self motivated if we get players coach. Going to be a lot harder if this group wants to get by on offence that is not supported by elite talent.
Rewarding the new guys coming in with a new coach and agenda more likely means the players have too much influence. That said, Sutter needs to rethink his approach and Brad is the guy that needs to put his foot down and have that discussion about the player concerns so we can salvage the playoffs right now. Communicating through media, agents and other sources is not the answer. The answer is they need to sit down and sort it out.