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Originally Posted by LTH
It's hard to blame the coach for the stupid, brainless penalties taken in this game. These players aren't new to pressure situations. Ya it's the biggest stage they've ever been in but really they've been in pressure situations throughout their lives (I'm assuming these guys have played in various championship games, tourneys etc) So it's not like they dont' know....THEY KNOW not to do that dumb ####.
Canada gets 2 wins, only one in regulation time against Denmark, they other was against the lowest finishing team, Suisse, and that took a shoot out.
I feel like that goal the Finns scored at the end of the 1st was a turning point. There were many turning points after that, yes, but Canada was in complete control until that point.
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No it isnt. Virtanen and Hicketts have been taking dumb penalties all tournament long and yet the coach keeps sending them out there, no consequences at all.
I mean finally Virtanen got benched. For the last 70 seconds of an elimination game with the team down by 1. Thats like waiting until the clock counts down to 0:02 to diffuse the bomb.
In addition to not adapting any of his tactics or personnel. He just kept rolling out the same people over and over and, predictably, getting the same results and not adapting.
This one is going to hang around Lowry's neck for a long time.