Was my thought as well.Back up plan in place in case Eakins doesn’t work out? Not a great idea if so.
His cup winning teams were always very good defensively, not just Doughty. Their team defense helped Quick alot as well.Sutter is a winner. No harm in bringing more championship experience into the org IMO.
I actually like this move. No he shouldn't be a head coach anymore but his input on defense has got to help.
Also maybe it tells the veteran players if they quit on Eakins then they get Sutter which i assume they do not want.
I don’t like it because Sutter was not a good coach his last three years in LA, his style is god-awful boring to watch, and (most importantly) because having another coach with those credentials sitting there waiting is not going to be good for Eakins’ confidence. It also gives any players who don’t like Eakins a question in their mind as to whether they can just get another coach fired because management (may not) clearly have his back.I like this signing. He did help the Kings win the Cup in 2012 and 2014. Now, Bob did come in as coach at the end of the season and was able to make changes b/c he's outside of the immediate coaching staff. With this signing, it's Sutter being Carlyle's in-depth eyes. Sutter will be an advisor, not the coach. The hiring of Sutter is very Bob like b/c Bob likes to tinker and not do wholesale changes. Also, remember how Dallas' time at the NHL level the first time was horrible. In this aspect, it's a great fail safe to help Dallas succeed at the NHL level.
The Kings are bad now b/c they're lacking talent. The Ducks were bad last year b/c partly because of injuries and partly because of Randy. I don't understand why we don't like having more input. We don't have to take that input, but it's nice to have more input than none like Randy last year.
I hope that's all it is. I don't want him looking over Eakins' shoulder all season. Let the Coach do his job, and don't tie his hands.Good hire IMO. He knows his **** and should make for a good consultant. He's probably just looking for work in the game and this makes the most sense as a job for him right now.
I hope that's all it is. I don't want him looking over Eakins' shoulder all season. Let the Coach do his job, and don't tie his hands.