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Originally Posted by Dorkmaster
How long has Reinhart been benched for? Huge overreaction there. Howse and Ferland had conditioning problems. How does them not being ready to play have anything to do with the coach. Nemisz had success under Ward, but suddenly because he's struggling this year Ward ruined him? Too early to talk about Sven, but when he was healthy on the Heat he was helping them win and put up a solid point production. Horak began the year on a ridiculous streak and now is struggling, all under the same coach. Somehow its the coaches fault that he's not producing when given good minutes?
Really the only point is Byron, but he's been hurt and when called up to the Flames, played about as expected.
Most of the players have had success and disappointments under Ward. The team's struggles can be attributed to many things. I haven't seen the team, but I would assume goaltending and a lack of puck moving defencemen are a huge issue. Scoring issues aren't helped by a lack of Sylvester and Kolanos being garbage.
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Look it goes both ways, yes some of it is on the players, but some of it is also on the coaches.
I also forgot Bancks, a guy who also produced under Playfair, but now only checks with no offensive production whatsoever.
There's just too many cases of players not producing, it's all across the team, it's not just one or two guys, it's systemic.
And you still haven't named one prospect who has really improved in Abbotsford. Wait, I have one, Breen, but that was AFTER a terrible first year under Ward, where prior to that he had a great season under Playfair. Breen of course, is not expected to produce offensive numbers.