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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Accepting the argument that sitting is good for him (and there is no question that it can be and that there are times that it is appropriate), that was the argument last game. Now we have an injury that creates an opportunity. Ok Sven, this is why you sat, now go show us what you've learned.
But they didn't do that. The opportunity arose, and they benched him again, putting Jackman in his spot. That is a mistake to not only his management, but to the whole team.
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I can see the logic you are implying for sure. I also won't pretend to know why he's sitting. But I'll give you the following example, to illustrate why what you say above isn't necissarily true.
It all depends on WHY he's sitting. If for example, an attitude issue as to why Hartley sat him.............putting him back in after the Flames got pounded might not send the right message to Sven. If Sven does have an attitude issue (not saying he does) maybe he's now sitting there, having learnt nothing figuring all that got proved is the Flames are worse without him (which is true).
If the above is the case, I could actually see Sven sitting until they win with out him to create the right message for Sven.
Again, I'm not even hypothesizing the above, just illustrating one example of how sitting him again might make sense. The fact is, there are so many reasons Sven could be sitting, and unless we know why, we can't actually say if it makes sense to sit him again.
If the Flames continue to lose, and this drags on and on, I'd say it might make sense to ask what they are doing with Sven, but as of right now, it's still just the 2nd game in a row, and the 3rd overall in 15 games he hasn't played, not exactly a pattern yet.