Article is from last year but I just found it today when doing some research on former Wing, Whaler, and Flyer Keith Primeau. Wasn't really expecting to see anything in the article Hitch related but kind of interesting how Primeau lays it out...makes me think that maybe Hitch deserves to continue coaching. Granted, he's talking about Hitch a long time ago but it sounds pretty much bang on even to this point in time.
Hitchcock was a tyrant with a veteran group of players that were part of their last hurrah as Flyers. Primeau became Hitch’s voice in the dressing room. No easy task.
“I tell my kids stories about Hitch all the time,” Primeau said. “He was tough. I know it happened in Dallas the first year until the lightbulb went out. The first three or four months I could not stand Hitch because of his delivery.
“Then I finally got past the delivery and listened to the message and 99.9 percent of the time, Hitch was bang-on. That is why we had such a good relationship. I became the conduit to the locker room.
“J.R. was always saying, ‘Hitch is always yelling at me.’ I said to J.R., ‘He yells at everyone. Get past that. Listen to what he is saying. He is saying the right thing.' That is the hardest adjustment for a professional athlete.”
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Some interesting comments regarding Hitch...
1Official "Bitch Ass" Fan and proud of it"
"Suck a dick Johansen"
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"Suck a dick Johansen"
"Official Sponsor of the Legend....Jeremy Roenick"