[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by just_tim

You can delve deep into management theory, but the world has changed. I’m gonna ramble randomly, but at the basic level, old management practices do not work well in today’s workplace. Beyond that, basic decency is lacking. “Criticize privately and praise publicly” is pretty common sense and not at all Sutter’s way. Steve Jobs famously said “It doesn't make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.” In sports it makes no sense to sign skilled and creative players then coach all that skill and creativity out of their game with a stifling system or a system that, as Muller stated publicly last week, prioritizes shot volume over shot quality. In the case of the Flames, they have a system that is both stifling and shot-volume centric. It REALLY doesn’t make sense to sign a record setting winger and then play him out of position. “My way or the highway” doesn’t work when the the highway is club controlled. Freedom of movement is highly limited other than when a player gains UFA status which takes years of working inside movement-restrictive contracts. And no matter the pay grade, if there is no joy to be found at work, it become drudgery and workers tune out. Average tenure of an NHL head coach is 2.4 years. Sutter has surpassed that.

Well said!