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Originally Posted by Beninho
Let them go then or let them sit out. Not a fan of how Sutter coached this team last season but still don’t want the players making organizational decisions. So the team fires Sutter just for said players who wanted him gone to leave in free agency anyways? No thanks. Flames fired Hartley, hired that loser GG for the players and it failed tremendously.
I am a firm believer Sutter is still a good to great NHL coach, this team just flat out sucked last year and it seems some players don’t want to be held accountable for their awful play. They can go play in Columbus with Johnny where no one asks questions about why the team is complete ####.
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100% agree with this. While Sutter might not fit in today's style of game/player management you can't have the team protesting like this and refusing to not play. They get paid to play hockey and the coaches choice is a management decision. Sure, they can certainly provide their feedback and dislike of him in exit interviews to the GM, but threatening to not come back or play for him shows a real lack of character.
This has to be one of the most disliked version of the Flames I can remember in recent memory. There is no passion, leadership or energy with this group. A true lack of superstar talent also hurts the group as fans really don't have anyone to rally behind.
Personally I could care less if some of these guys want out as I want to support players who want to be here. I'm not excusing Sutter for his style and player management this year because he needs to be a lot better but this current group of players is so disheartening.