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Originally Posted by mustache ride
On the surface your point seems logical. But remember last year he torched B.Jones and sent him to the minors at a point when he was the teams only actual center. It's Hartley's way ( whatever that is) or the highway for some, and business as usual for others.
Lets not overestimate the amount of "coaching" it took to get four of the greatest players to ever play the game to succeed. Also WTF is Hejduk's name doing listed with them?
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1. Maybe ask what Blair Jones did to put Hartley in the position where he sent his only natural centre to the farm.
2. This is a terrible argument. If it took no coaching for those players, why didn't they win it all the year before? Why did Detroit's President's trophy teams consistently bite it in the playoffs against teams like Calgary and Edmonton and Anaheim?
Did you happen to notice that Pittsburgh, the team that had the two best individual players in the world, was the only team in the final four last year who didn't win a single game and looked entirely out classed? And is it coincidence that the other three teams were vastly better coached?
How about iginla? A little closer to home, do you really think that great player = not needing coaching? Because of Iggy needed anything during his final four years here, it was some guidance and leadership.
So forgive me but yeah, I do think great players need coaching. If anything, they need a higher standard of coaching, which could be why a guy like Scotty bowman is revered. But he had some pretty awesome rosters, so I'm sure he really didn't coach them that much.
3. While Hejduk may not have had the career of the others mentioned, he scored 20 goals in 12 straight seasons and scored 50 once. He has a championship and he was a key contributor to that team's success, so that's why he gets mentioned.
Thank you and goodnight.