Thread: Willie Mitchell

Originally Posted by Bojanglz

Exactly. Willie is not a primadonna nor a wuss so I will believe and back whatever Willie says/thinks about his injury and when it is time for him to come back. He is a warrior.

Originally Posted by eddieshack23

I think they both deserve some slack here.

Sutter has to do his job. Willie has to do his job. I'm sure they will figure it out.

...and that's what makes Sutter's comments odd. It's as if he doesn't trust Mitchell.

for what it's worth Helene was saying in her HNIC radio bit that Sutter's going back to saying he won't talk about non roster players and he's not on the roster. Hard to figure the the timeline on this but I still doubt there's much that's overly worrisome going on here besides the obvious.

Originally Posted by jt

I love me some Willie Mitchell and I don't have an issue with him keeping himself out...an athlete knows his body the best and Mitchell's been through a serious injury that he came back too early from. AND Drewiske and Muzzin are doing just fine.

But I wonder if this could cause some problems.

Darryl Sutter isn’t “a doctor or a psychologist,” so he can’t explain Mitchell’s absence | ProHockeyTalk

I posted essentially this same thread a few days ago when Sutter made his initial comment. It's very odd.

Originally Posted by jt

...and that's what makes Sutter's comments odd. It's as if he doesn't trust Mitchell.

It sounds like Sutter is just being a dick about it. You don't do that to a warrior like Mitchell but that can happen when you always use a bullish manner to motivate players.

Originally Posted by santiclaws

I posted essentially this same thread a few days ago when Sutter made his initial comment. It's very odd.

I did a search for "psychologist" and nothing came back...ah well...merge police?

Originally Posted by jt

I did a search for "psychologist" and nothing came back...ah well...merge police?

The "psychologist" comment is new. I posted last week about the prior comment:

“You know what, he’s got doctor’s clearance,” Sutter said last week. “He’s got trainers’ clearance. Coaches want him to clear himself.
“So do it.”

Mitchell's aggressive style of play (he gives it 100%) so, I don't blame him for holding off until he feels he's ready to go. It's not like he's the kinda guy who could go out there and play cautious....that's just not his way.

I thought I read a Mitchell quote where he basically said he was having to get used to his knee situation as it currently it is, and that he knew it wouldn't be fully 100% until probably after the season. Wonder if that is just where he is at now.. making sure he is completely comfortable. All psychologist jokes aside, lots of players have said that after an injury like that it IS the mental side that takes longest to get back on track even though they are told everything is fine physically.

With his past concussion issues and trying to get back you know he will make sure he is completely comfortable before stepping on the ice... as he should be.

Originally Posted by santiclaws

I posted essentially this same thread a few days ago when Sutter made his initial comment. It's very odd.

The first comment I kinda get. The second jab seems pretty disrespectful.