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Originally Posted by Weitz
I think it was more poor deployment from Hitchcock but to each their own.
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I think both can be true.
I think a player can make offensive leanings against a defensive system that both pisses off the coach and puts his team in jeopardy. As a result the coach can lose it and bench him or let it go and risk losing the rest of the team.
Anyone watching the games can see the guy blows the zone regularly and doesn't tend to pick any one up on the way back. Twice in the Hawks series he took the puck to the high slot and then turned it over creating odd man chances.
Pretty frustrating from a coaching standpoint.