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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Three examples over ten years it the nature of NHL coaches, does it?
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Hartley, Sutter, Babcock, Mike Keenan, Ron Wilson, John Tortorella, Randy Carlyle, Marc Crawford, Ken Hitchcock. All demeaned their players to motivate them. All widely hated by those players. Most won the Jack Adams, Stanley Cups, and coached their national teams at the highest level. Scotty Bowman won more than any coach in NHL history, and his players famously ‘hated him for 364 days a year, then won a Cup on the 365th.’
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Weird that Hartley is the only one of the three that hasn’t been re-hired. Guess it makes him… unique.
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Hartley coached 12 seasons in the NHL - a much longer run than most head coaches have. And every GM who hired him knew what he was like.