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Originally Posted by strombad
It's not just the job of the team. Training and coaching is more about perception and understanding than anything. I wouldn't say his issue was crippling, but it was difficult to the point where he needed a different take to improve.
I think you're going on the line of "hiring a third party means the Flames aren't capable", but that really isn't the case with third party support. Again, look at Patrick Kane. Nobody questions Chicago's development structure, but he uses third party support.
Players are in charge of their own development as much as their team is.
I mean hell, Sidney Crosby's trainer doesn't work for the Penguins, he runs a program in Calgary. This isn't a strange occurrence at all. It's commonplace amongst NHL players regardless of what team they play for.
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Hmm, we might be getting off track a little bit. Maybe this would be a better analogy.
In baseball, all teams have hitting coaches, but typically players are responsible for correcting their own swing w/ 3rd party help, especially in the off season. However, the hitting coach's main job is to do some work with the player on their swing, but also to identify when their swing is off so that they can correct it.
I think it is a lot to ask of a 24 year old to be identifying his own problems mid-season. Players, when they are living in the moment, tend not to see the entire picture.