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Originally Posted by Bingo
Blaming the coach at this point would be assuming that his strict instructions are to ...
a) play scrambly
b) do it yourself
c) don't win puck battles
d) don't make key saves
e) take a lot of penalties
if those are all true than they've really hired the wrong guy!
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Thanks for this Bingo!
While I understand people's frustration about another coaching change and another new "system" taking time, the new coach isn't the root cause of the Flames' current struggles.
I'll never understand how hockey players can forget key elements of SPORT from year-to-year, let alone key elements of HOCKEY. Things like:
a) Follow your check
b) Finish your check (like, hitting somebody once is a while is allowed)
c) Don't commit fouls/take penalties far away from your goal (i.e. needlessly in the offensive zone)
d) If all else fails, there is no replacement for hard work
These are fundamental things that even us amateur athletes learn from very young ages. These are tenets that continue to apply to us well into our "beer league" sunset years. No coach can execute any "system" if players can't even commit to these basics.
So far, the Flames are exhibiting the same bad habits that, for the past decade, were the hallmark (emphasis on "Hall"?) of Oiler teams. That's frightening.