Sullivan has been playing bad players too much for like six seasons in a row now
I mean, it's not like Hextall or Dubas have really provided any particularly better options, though.
We already went over this discussion like a week ago about how their bad depth was all of players underperforming, bad coaching and bad GMing, so I don't want to rehash this argument. Still, I think the idea that this team shows a "weird loyalty to random losers" just doesn't make sense to me.
Although in this case, I interpreted "losers" to mean "guys proven to be losers" and not "bad players". I would interpret that as in "keeping Hextall" more than "playing Harkins". Maybe I just interpreted it differently, but playing a shitty player like Harkins for half a year didn't really fit what I thought it meant.
Bylsma's loyalty to Craig Adams is what I'd consider "weird loyalty to random losers". I don't think Sullivan has really done that (at least to that level) with anyone. Carter is probably the closest guy but that was only 2 years compared to what seemed like 10 for Adams.