It is still perplexing to me that ownership didn't have the brain and the foresight to actually be able to have BOTH a quality, hard, work hard and motivational coach like Sutter AND a better overall culture.
Tre and Sutter might not have seen eye to eye or been on the same page/power struggle. Ownership could step in and easily say "You WORK FOR ME" Knock off the garbage that EVERBODY know's and hates about Sutter and get the better aspect.
It didn't need to be this way but in classic Flames fashion, we get a GM who's nuts were clipped and in some ways powerless and a coach who's ego and old school mantra allowed him to think his nut's entered the room a month before he did. We clearly could have clipped Sutter's wings a little and allowed him to be a little lighter on the coaching side while getting the experience.
Everybody KNEW what the problem was and what we could fix and this could have happened before. It didn't need to become a train wreck.
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