Statue4Deano
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I don't disagree with you but I think there's a bunch of folks who assume just firing one coach and putting in a new voice will flip the switch on this team. For those folks I'd like to refresh their memories of 2012 when the Kings fired Terry Murray because, in part, they had an elite defense but couldn't score. Everyone seems to forget that Sutter didn't fix things just by being a new voice. What actually fixed things were the roster changes. Bringing in Jeff Carter was the piece that really put them over the top.It’s often just a case of different personality delivering a more coherent or believable message in a way that inspires confidence and creates agreement in the way to achieve the goal. The hope is that a new voice will be heard because the old voice has become like the adult trombone voices in a Peanuts cartoon.
Also, check out Brown's quote in this Hockey News article from 2012. I don't see players getting emotionally detached, yet. The 2nd period of this past Detroit game was the closest it's been but look at their response in the 3rd period. There is a bit of self-loathing in the Kings game at the moment because they're going through an extended unlucky streak but I don't see real quit yet.
"Darryl brings a different style of coaching, definitely more intensity, more in-your-face attitude," defenceman Matt Greene said. "I think some guys needed somebody to get in their face."
Greene describes Sutter and Murray as "polar opposites," saying Murray often allowed players to figure out their own solutions to problems. Nobody could solve the Kings' scoring woes before Murray's firing, and Sutter's team didn't figure it out for another couple of months until Jeff Carter arrived at the trade deadline.
"He pushes the right buttons," Brown said. "One problem we had as a team before he got here was getting emotionally attached to a game. He brought that emotional level up. ... Sometimes he's hard to read. He jokes around a lot, and then he can flip it around and be pretty serious. It's a good balance."