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Originally Posted by taxbuster
On reflection (and after my morning shower) my feeling on that is more sad than anything...sad that a man who was a legend of sorts in Calgary, and indeed in the NHL has "fallen", although in 20 years few will remember that part and he'll be recalled as a "tough coach" and that's all. Sad that the Flames management didn't right the ship when Sutter started to fall apart - either by convo with him or by moving him out THEN.
As to now: the players got their wish..."nice guys" everywhere. They damn well better play their asses off this year.
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I don't think Sutter has fallen. Just the myth around him has. He is largely unchanged from the coach he has always been, look at the stories in the article about his behavior in LA.
His tactics have a small window if he has the right players and a star goalie (Kipper, Quick, Markstrom last year) and players that can take the beatings. Otherwise he's always been an angry, abusive coach to players and staff alike.