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Originally Posted by Kasi
Well that trophy really helped him coach in that Edmonton series. Yes he had a great regular season last year but the endless appeals to authority get old. Do you think that he’s the reigning Jack Adams trophy matters to the locker room? Many coaches in every sport leagues have gone from a great fit to gone extremely fast. If there is any constant in sports it is that pretty much all coaches have an expiry date. And with Sutter we know it’s true since we have seen it before. Now not saying this is the issue right now since we only get bits and pieces of the locker room through media interviews right now. But the play on ice isn’t exactly inspiring confidence on that front.
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Teams, and players, ebb and flow between playing well and not playing well. The Flames are struggling right now, no question. And there are a lot of reasons for that. But Sutter forgetting how to coach isn't one of them.
Coaches can't step on the ice and do it themselves - the players have to perform. And if they don't, there is nothing the coach can do about it.
It isn't Sutter's fault that Markstrom is struggling, for example.
If you want to question some of Sutter's decisions - go ahead. And there is lots to question. But that is not the same thing as (repeatedly) trying to claim the game has passed him by, when it most obviously hasn't (see: JAT)
If you can't see the difference between those things, then I don't know what else to say.
