I LOVE Daryl Sutter. I loved his pressers, I loved his hard-nosed attitude, and I really loved that I never had to play for him. I probably wouldn't handle it either.
I love how much he believed in his vets, but it was at times to the team's detriment.
But I just couldn't take any more of how he treats the young players here. Duehr should have been given a more active role. Pelletier should have been given a more active role. Phillips should have been given SOME type of role. Having guys like Ritchie/Lucic playing every night was not only killing this team, for last season, but stunting this team developmentally.
I definitely have the fear that Phillips will leave the organization and end up a sniper with Vancouver or something. Maybe a guy like Love can convince him to stick it out a little longer for an opportunity?
Love makes way too much sense. Might find lightning in a bottle, and if it doesn't work he can help bridge developing the young guys into the next coaching staff.
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