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Jaybird · 02-12-2012, 01:20 AM

I appreciate your opinion "Pierre". I was not thinking so much of "favouritism" as much as to me it appear some players have been give more chances on the meritocracy ladder than others. Of course I concede that this likley happens on every team. My other concern is that with the exception of perhaps Rheault most of the forwards are on track for less producton. You just have to look at the stats for guys like Byron, Walter, Desbien, Bancks, Patterson, Bouma. If you look at points garnered in the same number of games you see a downward trend. I am not saying this has anything to do with the coaching but it is not a good trend especially on a team that was doing so well earlier in the year. It was great having Kolanos score all those goals but maybe there was too much reliance on that happening and not enough developing. Players need confidence to excel and just being on a "winning" team is not the only way to build confidence. Hmmm.....I see I am going "off on a tangent"...LOL!! Anyway just my humble opinion.

02-12-2012, 01:20 AM	#841
Jaybird Farm Team Player Join Date: Jan 2011 Exp:	I appreciate your opinion "Pierre". I was not thinking so much of "favouritism" as much as to me it appear some players have been give more chances on the meritocracy ladder than others. Of course I concede that this likley happens on every team. My other concern is that with the exception of perhaps Rheault most of the forwards are on track for less producton. You just have to look at the stats for guys like Byron, Walter, Desbien, Bancks, Patterson, Bouma. If you look at points garnered in the same number of games you see a downward trend. I am not saying this has anything to do with the coaching but it is not a good trend especially on a team that was doing so well earlier in the year. It was great having Kolanos score all those goals but maybe there was too much reliance on that happening and not enough developing. Players need confidence to excel and just being on a "winning" team is not the only way to build confidence. Hmmm.....I see I am going "off on a tangent"...LOL!! Anyway just my humble opinion.