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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I understand the concern, and god knows the optics of the situation are not great. However, I also think that the facts that we only see a fraction of what the coaching staff sees, have no input nor insight on what is happening behind closed doors in the dressing room, and also have virtually no experience with coaching professional hockey players, all contribute significantly to our inability to properly understand what's going on. I've mentioned it before in other threads, but there are a couple of other key factors at play here: First, our perception of the purpose behind scratching healthy players is probably not accurate, or at minimum, horribly simplistic. Second, it is also likely naïve and inaccurate to assume that all players will be—or even should be—treated identically.
In the end, I suspect that the decisions being made are at minimum the right ones, but most certainly better than the choices that I or any one else on this board would offer alternatively.
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Agreed and there's always more to things than what we see on the outside which is why I'm not going to get overly upset with what has transpired. I will however keep a keen eye on things as the season progresses to see how things trend out and at the end of the season deduce if the end justified the means. I'm fine with the process but I expect eventual positive results to feel that the team is progressing towards a hopeful turnaround.