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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
If it's 1-2 players then I think you can point at the players, but at this point it seems like we are approaching the entire roster (except maybe Toffoli). So at that point I think you have to start looking more at the coach.
It's a different era and generation. There are ways to be demanding and tough without being an ####### about it.
And based on the last two years it feels like Sutter leans too far into the being a jerk, and "pushing buttons" as his motivational tactics.
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Well from my standpoint, too bad. As a player you are paid millions of dollars to be pushed to your absolute limits for 7-8 months a year. None of them seem to have trouble fighting to be paid among the best in the league when contract time comes around - if Sutter is holding these guys to account on that, I say good for him on that front.
Pulling the chute because you don't like a coaches tactics just shows exactly how committed to winning some of these players really are, and to me, it is starting to look like this is a major reason that Tre was never able to get a consistent winner on the ice just as much it was limitations and constant meddling by ownership. You can all but guarantee the same guys whining about Sutter are the same guys that need to be kicked in the pants when things get tough.