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Originally Posted by Tinordi
"Coach being outcoached" is one of the lamest tropes in hockey.
A) What does it even mean?
B) How could credibly you quantify it?
c) How could you credibly state it when you've never worked as a coach in a professional league?
d) It always simply correlates to team x losing and you're simply trying to make up reasons to explain that loss
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It's lame when used in some broad overview. Earlier in the season, I read a breakdown of the 6-2 Canucks win over the Bruins in Dec. It showed how Torts used the last change and quick shifts to repeatedly trick Julien to anticipate a Sedin line shift and send out Chara. Chara wound up spending most of his icetime playing against the 3rd and 4th lines. This doesn't happen all the time and it certainly didn't happen enough for the Canucks.