I really don't get this pretending that it's nothing either. It was obviously so big a deal that it disrupted the room, our core besides Hughes had awful seasons, and it got Miller traded.
Nobody is overstating this.
But this difference has been known about for years and not a problem.
But it does distract from a possible player rebellion against a coach.
What could be so bad to make a competitive player like Miller need to get away from one player?
But a coach? Ya, easily. A difference between a coach and player that reaches such a point where the player doesn't want to play for the coach?
So many examples of "they don't have to like each other" when working with each other, but a problem with the boss is always different. And that would disrupt the coaches authority in the room. Which was starting to be questioned as "or something else, whatever it was".
Remember it was Miller that stood up to the NHL about scheduling, not the coach, not management, not the captain and not any other players. He wasn't afraid to stand up for himself and team mates. He got the NHL to change the sched.
This is revealing to me anyway,
“The whole me-and-Petey thing, it’s still blown out of proportion,” Miller said, per Sportsnet’s Iain MacIntyre.
“I get what Jim was doing. I have a ton of respect for Jim, and I talked with Jim after that (story). I wasn’t mad; I understand everybody has a job to do. Clearly, if me and Petey were better than we were, obviously this might be different. But it’s also not as bad as everybody thought either. It’s just an easy thing for everybody to run with. There was just a lot of moving parts.”
Pettersson as a reason is better, easier than it being the coach or GM.
In the past and he isn't the reason for the team not being having success but it will be used as a reason for years.
No one player is a TEAM.
