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Originally Posted by InternationalVillager
I can personally confirm he treated support staff like ####. He valued no one's opinion which wasn't in line with his own. He didn't even listen to the people on his own staff at times.
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I'll add some more details. Support staff couldn't even get him INTO A MEETING to go over things they saw on the ice/different things that he should be trying especially in terms of player usage etc. He didn't even attend meetings. Basically 95% of the staff that the Flames paid a salary to was not even utilized by Sutter. And when confronted- he ridiculed people and made them and their perspectives feel completely worthless. |
Well I mean Darryl doing things Darryl's way is kind of what you are going to get. I figured the whole point in hiring Sutter is you want the players to get a kick in the butt, and you want everyone on the team pulling in the same direction. Darryl's direction.
If the unnamed support staff was a database/analytics guy for example then Darryl wasn't really in the wrong. If someone isn't part of the coaching staff then while they might have an opinion on how player usage should go, its not really their area of responsibility. Frustrating to not be heard, but that's not exactly uncommon in many industries.
Being dismissive of someone trying to offer unsolicited advice is not what I would consider abuse. It's certainly not pleasant, but no one hires Sutter for his bed side manner.