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calgaryblood · 10-23-2016, 08:38 PM

Honestly I haven't been a huge fan of Gulutzen but it just can't be the coaches again, can it?

The coaches didn't tell Giordano to take a brain dead penalty where he looked like he was taking down a cow at the stampede and then to add to that he takes a dumb unsportsmanlike penalty.

Did the coach tell Monahan to give away the puck and have Gio be burnt by the scrub Yakupov? Did he tell Monahan to skate like he's in quick sand? Not battle hard and play like a guy not wanting to break a nail in the corners?

Did the coach tell Bennett to continually lose his man and not ever be in the right position defensively? Or to always miss the net and not ever back check?

Did he tell Brodie to show up one of the slowest guys on the team after being the fastest last season? Is he out of shape? That's not on the coaches.

He definitely didn't tell them to not make clean crisp passes either.

The players are being let off the hook for playing like crap. I get they're used to the garbage system Hartley used which wasn't a system and it made for some exciting hockey but we did just come off a season where we gave up the most goals in the league and that was after a season where we would get badly outshot and badly outplayed and still win. That season was an outlier and not a way to be a competitive team.

It's the players who won't play the system. They're too worried about their point totals and not enough about being in the right position. Watch another team that plays with structure. Do you think you see guys like Hamilton throwing the puck up the middle and continually missing his checks in front of the net?

Does Toews who everyone likes to compare Monahan to skate like he's in a pre season game after giving the puck away? On that giveaway by Hamilton that led to the 5th goal against no one on the ice skated harder than Gaudreau. Gaudreau might not be playing great but it's not because of a lack of effort and you can't say that about the rest of the top guys.

To me it's not a systems issue but a lack of effort and execution of the system. Seems like the players don't want to play the system. Is that the coaches fault? It's his job to get them to play a system but he can't force them to play the way he wants. He's doing his job.

And this isn't 100% excusing the coach but I'd like to wait a bit longer than 6 games and crap effort by the players to call for his firing.

10-23-2016, 08:38 PM	#110
calgaryblood Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Hmmmmmmm Exp:	Honestly I haven't been a huge fan of Gulutzen but it just can't be the coaches again, can it? The coaches didn't tell Giordano to take a brain dead penalty where he looked like he was taking down a cow at the stampede and then to add to that he takes a dumb unsportsmanlike penalty. Did the coach tell Monahan to give away the puck and have Gio be burnt by the scrub Yakupov? Did he tell Monahan to skate like he's in quick sand? Not battle hard and play like a guy not wanting to break a nail in the corners? Did the coach tell Bennett to continually lose his man and not ever be in the right position defensively? Or to always miss the net and not ever back check? Did he tell Brodie to show up one of the slowest guys on the team after being the fastest last season? Is he out of shape? That's not on the coaches. He definitely didn't tell them to not make clean crisp passes either. The players are being let off the hook for playing like crap. I get they're used to the garbage system Hartley used which wasn't a system and it made for some exciting hockey but we did just come off a season where we gave up the most goals in the league and that was after a season where we would get badly outshot and badly outplayed and still win. That season was an outlier and not a way to be a competitive team. It's the players who won't play the system. They're too worried about their point totals and not enough about being in the right position. Watch another team that plays with structure. Do you think you see guys like Hamilton throwing the puck up the middle and continually missing his checks in front of the net? Does Toews who everyone likes to compare Monahan to skate like he's in a pre season game after giving the puck away? On that giveaway by Hamilton that led to the 5th goal against no one on the ice skated harder than Gaudreau. Gaudreau might not be playing great but it's not because of a lack of effort and you can't say that about the rest of the top guys. To me it's not a systems issue but a lack of effort and execution of the system. Seems like the players don't want to play the system. Is that the coaches fault? It's his job to get them to play a system but he can't force them to play the way he wants. He's doing his job. And this isn't 100% excusing the coach but I'd like to wait a bit longer than 6 games and crap effort by the players to call for his firing.