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Originally Posted by Saqe
Rhett subtlely insinuated that the new guys may be the problem, when they came in everything went sideways and now all the old crew with contracts ending want out. If that's the case (no idea if it is but it's not like guys are screaming they want to stay) then you probably just have to cut bait, even retain if needed like you said. Right now Huby is unmovable but he will bounce back and then you can probably do it.
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This seemed so obvious, but everyone really wanted to be believe Sutter was the problem.
Weager, Huby and Kadri have been most vocal about wanting a new coach. They also are new players in the room. And they are the players with term and big money.
We know someone in the organization used a bunch of dirty tactics including media leaks and agent leaks to paint Sutter as the bad guy.
We also know there were player vs player issues in the dressing room. There were no issues the season prior, so the problem is clearly some faction of the old players disliking some faction of the new players.
Logically speaking, hiring Maloney to decide what the problem was so stupid because:
1) Maloney and Tre brought in the three new core players and signed them to term. Thus he is biased towards his players.
2) Maloney has an axe to grind against Sutter because he's Tre's buddy and Tre left because of Sutter.
So Maloney chooses Huby, Kadri and Weager over some faction of the old guard. And now some faction of the old guard wants out. Sounds about right