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Originally Posted by polak
To the people defending Hartley and saying that the defensive, offensive and goaltending issues aren't his fault and that is on the players.... What is a coach responsible for exactly? If he's not responsible for the offense, defense or goaltending then what's Hartley's purpose?
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Polak, do you remember the last coach we had before Hartley?
I am one of Hartley's critics and I have been since day one.
But every coach's purpose is always to do the opposite of their predecessor and successor unless you have a stacked roster.
Hartley has successfully fulfilled that by implementing a system with less dump and chase, more offense from the back end and at least claiming there exists a merit system.
His successor, when the time comes, will I'm sure do a great job getting Johnny to dump the puck, turning Brodie into J-Bo, and letting Phaneuf do whatever he wa-scratch that last part.
Just be careful what you wish for.