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Originally Posted by MarkGio
How is Hartley's system out-dated? He won coach of the year two seasons ago by taking a young, rebuilding team to the Western Semi finals
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Oh I dont know, I'd have to agree that Hartley's system really couldnt work for long.
You cannot play that style perpetually. It was very successful, but its very intense and thats why we saw the huge dropoff in the second year.
He won a Jack Adams for getting the absolute most out of his players, but once they'd given all there was to give there was quite the steep dropoff.
You cant play balls to the wall constantly.