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Originally Posted by llama64
I agree with you - I would prefer to watch Sven over Jackman, who wouldn't?
But that is one of the reasons I don't run a hockey team. There is more to running a professional hockey team then pleasing fickle fans. The moment a team lets their fanbase start controlling on ice decisions is the moment they go 50+ years without a Stanley Cup.
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It's easy to say that the coaches are in control and to pretend that there is some 3D chess game going on that we don't understand. However, most fans here are looking for the meritocracy to reign after years of mediocre effort. In that respect, if you ask most on this board who deserves to sit based on their play and play alone, Sven wouldn't be at the top of the list.
If Hartley had announced that Glencross was sitting, there wouldn't be an uproar. So the fans aren't really being fickle... they're just reacting to the obvious.