[Cali Panthers Fan]

Originally Posted by GranteedEV

No, but you have to differntiate the execution of the systems from the "glaring problems inherent to the system", you have to differentiate the team defensive philosphy from the execution of the team defense, and you have to differentiate the team 5-on-5 philosphy from the players' ability to execute 5-on-5. You have to differentiate the "style of play" the President of Hockey Operations dictates from the "style of play" dictated in other organizations. You have to explore whether the organization has a thorough buy-in to the correct analytics or if changes need to be made in that department.

Bob Hartley is not infallable but he's only one cog in the machine. Unless you know that he is, reliably and repeatably, the weak link, you can't just evaluate him based solely on performance-based metrics and anecdotes about "bad systems". There IS more than one way to skin a cat and while some "tricks" might appear to work more consistently, in particular on compensating the flaws of bad teams, that doesn't make them the sole solution.

Could you be any more Chandler?