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Originally Posted by topfiverecords
Is he really though? I just don’t see that people are assessing this correctly. Stuff gets blown out of proportion purely because the team didn’t win. He was short with some less than professional reporters. Everything else is assumptions and hearsay. There’s hours of footage in pregame, off day and post game interviews where he’s perfectly pleasant.
I think it’s the listeners that are grumpier.
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For around the first half the season, he was abrasive and condescending to the media almost every single interview, whether they deserved it or not. It was actually annoying to watch. I'd tune in to get some analysis on the game and Sutter would just be seething and talking down to every question, it wasn't even worth having him on the podium. Honestly it was unprofessional as hell, and I say that as a big Sutter fan. He went overboard with that crap this season.
Then something happened after the Pelletier comments sort of blew up. I believe he probably got told by higher up in the organization to knock it off, because he was way more accommodating in his interviews the rest of the season. The tone changed quite a bit.