Kings Locked Sutter Out of Locker Room

[cprice12]

Report: Kings Locked Darryl Sutter Out Of Locker Room After Recent Loss

http://nesn.com/2015/04/report-kings-lo ... cent-loss/

Darryl Sutter’s act might be getting old in Los Angeles. The Kings have had plenty of success under Sutter — including two Stanley Cup wins — but there might have been a sizable rift between the coach and his players as the Kings ultimately missed the playoffs this season. Two sources told the New York Post’s Larry Brooks that Kings players locked Sutter out of the locker room following a recent road loss. According to the report, Sutter had to get an arena employee to unlock the door, and when he finally got it unlocked, three trash barrels were lined up to block the door. By the time Sutter finally got in, the players were gone. Who knows what this will mean for the coach and the Kings moving forward. Sutter, never one to open up about much of anything, dead-panned when asked about his future Saturday after the Kings’ final game of the season.

Sutter’s tenure in Los Angeles has been hit or miss. This is the first time the Kings have missed the playoffs under Sutter, and they have Stanley Cup titles in both 2014 and 2012.

[STLADOGG]

That is interesting to say the least. I don't think he deserves to be fired but he really should re evaluate himself on the way his team plays in the regular season.

[JesusNEVERexisted]

Yet at the end of the article he still says he'll be back next season!

[abc789987]

Yet at the end of the article he still says he'll be back next season!

You don't understand sarcasm do you? He doesn't say that...

[WaukeeBlues]

Firing him would absolutely be a knee-jerk reaction to ONE bad season. Hate to say it Kings players but that coach you may dislike just won you two rings.

It's going to take another playoff miss, maybe 2, before they can him.

[cprice12]

Firing him would absolutely be a knee-jerk reaction to ONE bad season. Hate to say it Kings players but that coach you may dislike just won you two rings.

It's going to take another playoff miss, maybe 2, before they can him.

Yeah, I don't see how they fire him now.
He has won them their first two cups in franchise history.

If Hitchcock were to win us two cups, he should be the coach until he no longer wanted to do it anymore.

[ecbm]

Again strikes me as sort of thing that isn't as uncommon as one might think.

He's that kind of coach-like Tortorella. When things go well, he's loved. When they don't, he can seem like a real dick.

Anyway, he's the Kings' problem.

[Kerfuffle]

I disagree guys - I believe if this story is true he's gone. When a coach has lost the confidence of his players he's no longer able to coach. Around 2001 the coach of our Chicaqo Bulls 'lost' his guys and no respected him - so he went to the owner and said he needed to leave because he had lost the locker room. Sutter's departure wouldn't be communicated as a 'firing' but rather needing a change due to chemistry issues with players.

[glen a richter]

I think there was just some miscommincation. No one can understand a word that comes out of that mans mouth anyway.

[crazyhorse]

Here is Lombardi’s example of the Sutter situation:

I don’t know if I like the way it happened, but if you look at great teams, a perfect example is Derek Jeter. When Joe Torre was willing to blow or something, Jeter would walk in and say, ‘whoa, whoa, whoa, I got this one. Stay out, and don’t be losing it.’ You’ve seen this with top players all the time. The players essentially you want in charge of your room, and like I said, maybe the way to do it was, ‘we don’t need to hear from you now, we’ve got it,’ and go out and get it done.


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[cprice12]

Some are saying it has been blown out of proportion and was more along the lines of a prank.

Not so sure about that one.

[TSUCookieMonster]

I love pranks, but timing is everything... They just missed the playoffs...

[cprice12]

I love pranks, but timing is everything... They just missed the playoffs...

This was apparently done back in February...some are saying. Others are saying it happened a couple weeks ago. Either way, it was done before they were eliminated.

[ecbm]

I disagree guys - I believe if this story is true he's gone. When a coach has lost the confidence of his players he's no longer able to coach. Around 2001 the coach of our Chicaqo Bulls 'lost' his guys and no respected him - so he went to the owner and said he needed to leave because he had lost the locker room. Sutter's departure wouldn't be communicated as a 'firing' but rather needing a change due to chemistry issues with players.

Or they could decide to rebuild the squad. I could see that argument too. I think that squad's unbalanced and has ridden some ridiculously well-timed overachievement, especially on offense, the last few seasons.

[glen a richter]

If Sutter leaves LA, it would be very wise of Buffalo to bring him in. He can get that team turned around real fast with the players they project to have next season.

[theohall]

I disagree guys - I believe if this story is true he's gone. When a coach has lost the confidence of his players he's no longer able to coach. Around 2001 the coach of our Chicaqo Bulls 'lost' his guys and no respected him - so he went to the owner and said he needed to leave because he had lost the locker room. Sutter's departure wouldn't be communicated as a 'firing' but rather needing a change due to chemistry issues with players.

Or they could decide to rebuild the squad. I could see that argument too. I think that squad's unbalanced and has ridden some ridiculously well-timed overachievement, especially on offense, the last few seasons.

Didn't the Kings have injury issues throughout the second half of the season, when normally they've been healthy which helped them make late season runs?

Kinda like Columbus was doing this season, even though it was too little too late.

[WaukeeBlues]

I disagree guys - I believe if this story is true he's gone. When a coach has lost the confidence of his players he's no longer able to coach. Around 2001 the coach of our Chicaqo Bulls 'lost' his guys and no respected him - so he went to the owner and said he needed to leave because he had lost the locker room. Sutter's departure wouldn't be communicated as a 'firing' but rather needing a change due to chemistry issues with players.

Or they could decide to rebuild the squad. I could see that argument too. I think that squad's unbalanced and has ridden some ridiculously well-timed overachievement, especially on offense, the last few seasons.

I don't think they need to rebuild but they're facing the same problem the Hawks and Bruins are now; starting this offseason they're going to have to part with some pieces. Martinez and Muzzin's new contracts kick in next season and Toffoli is going to get paid this offseason with the year he just had. Even at a bridge contract it's going to hurt. And Justin Williams and Jarrett Stoll are UFA's.

They don't have any cap room. Even with Mike Richards gone (Which, how does that work? They sent him down, nobody claimed him, when they bring him back up isn't it at half the cap hit? Or am I making crap up?).

This year was it for them. It was the "perfect" year as far as the salary cap is concerned to get the maximum number of talented players under contract at the same time. I'll never understand what happened to that team this year and why they couldn't get it together.

Fun fact: Quick played in 72 games this season. That's obscene.


edit: Robyn Regehr is also up for a new contract and they're doing with Voynov what the Bruins are doing with Marc Savard and the Flyers with Pronger: have to count his hit against the cap until the year starts then they can put him on LTIR. Wonder if he'll play again...

[glen a richter]

I disagree guys - I believe if this story is true he's gone. When a coach has lost the confidence of his players he's no longer able to coach. Around 2001 the coach of our Chicaqo Bulls 'lost' his guys and no respected him - so he went to the owner and said he needed to leave because he had lost the locker room. Sutter's departure wouldn't be communicated as a 'firing' but rather needing a change due to chemistry issues with players.

Or they could decide to rebuild the squad. I could see that argument too. I think that squad's unbalanced and has ridden some ridiculously well-timed overachievement, especially on offense, the last few seasons.

I don't think they need to rebuild but they're facing the same problem the Hawks and Bruins are now; starting this offseason they're going to have to part with some pieces. Martinez and Muzzin's new contracts kick in next season and Toffoli is going to get paid this offseason with the year he just had. Even at a bridge contract it's going to hurt. And Justin Williams and Jarrett Stoll are UFA's.

They don't have any cap room. Even with Mike Richards gone (Which, how does that work? They sent him down, nobody claimed him, when they bring him back up isn't it at half the cap hit? Or am I making crap up?).

This year was it for them. It was the "perfect" year as far as the salary cap is concerned to get the maximum number of talented players under contract at the same time. I'll never understand what happened to that team this year and why they couldn't get it together.

Fun fact: Quick played in 72 games this season. That's obscene.

Of course the record for games played in a season by a goalie is held by none other than our former Grant Fuhr. Shit, I remember wondering if Keenan knew he had a backup who was capable of actually starting a game.