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Originally Posted by Jetfire
You cover things well, I just thought I'd also add, I found it interesting that Stajan says he has a pretty good relationship with Brent, though he thought he could have approached certain things a bit differently when he was coach, particularly his being way too set in his ways when it came to personnel.
I thought it was interesting as well that Warrener and Stajan said that on different occasions that both coaches of that time, Keenan and B. Sutter pulled guys aside to specifically ask what the hell was wrong with the dressing room and why there was such a weird dynamic. Both players talked about how it wasn't an unfriendly room, but there was a clear divide between offensive and defensive philosophy and while there were good leaders on the team, there were just way too many veterans coming and going and everyone had a different idea on what it would take for them to be successful and neither coach did well in reining that in.
Stajan implied that when Hartley came in, he finally got them to play together once the team was being blown up and got them to believe in themselves for a while (as we saw with the crazy year) but he was also a colossal a-hole and eventually divided the team again, before alienating the entire team against him and there was no going back from that, as much as Hartley did some things well. That's pretty much the vibe everyone gathered on Hartley already, an otherwise decent to good coach who cuts his tenures short everywhere he goes because he's such an insufferable turd.
An incredible interview anyways, it's really fascinating to have someone say outright what's been speculated on for years regarding that era of the team.
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Hartley's demeanor and approach seems to have soured him everywhere. Rhett and Stajan agreed that, absent Feaster being involved, Bob would have never worked in the NHL again after Colorado.