Every athlete who eventually becomes a professional coach, no matter the sport, has been influenced by someone who preceded them and, most likely, someone who coached them.
Mike Keenan, Terry Murray, John Paddock -- even Paul Holmgren -- all coached Craig Berube somewhere along the line during his three decades in hockey.
Yet there is one coach who Berube says opened his eyes. One coach whose style, he felt, was something to emulate behind the bench: Darryl Sutter
...Berube says he’s going to backtrack from Peter Laviolette’s “attack style” to one that is more suited for the personnel at hand.
“We’re going to make some changes,” Berube said. “Every coach coaches differently. I’m going to have my own style, my own way. It doesn’t make it any better than anybody else’s. It’s just what I believe, and how I want our team to play.”
What he wants the Flyers to do is become more active on their skates when they don’t have the puck. Initiate, not react. Get the puck back, create offense off defense. Put yourself in position to defend, then force the issue for a one-on-one battle for the puck.
Defense creates turnovers, creates offense. That was the philosophy of Ken Hitchcock as well, when he coached the Flyers.
Berube also wants his players to police themselves on the ice.
“You’re only accountable to your teammates, in my opinion,” Berube said. “This guy is sitting beside you. You want to let him down? You want to play like that and let him down? It’s unacceptable.”
http://www.csnphilly.com/hockey-philadelphia-flyers/craig-berube-draws-influence-darryl-sutter
