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Originally Posted by Ryan Coke
That looked like the same low compete team that started the year and had me questioning GG's coaching. And here they are again playing several low compete games, generally content to slowly lose while not playing very hard.
It'd be nice to hear GG rip the teams compete a bit, but motivation doesn't really seem like his thing.
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The bottom line to me is that this team is full of players making multiple millions of dollars a year. If they need a coach to get a consistent effort out of them as a team, then I'm looking at the leaders on the team and the individual players.
Pull up your big boy pants and play like you give a crap. If you can't then ask for a trade. Pro Hockey isn't like the movie Rudy where the coach has to give a heart felt motivational speech every game and every period.
If the idea of putting a opponent chasing you a way and catching up to the team in front of you as a group isn't enough. If as a group you come out and don't battle hard then, I don't know what to tell you. Maybe the KHL is the league for you.
53 minutes of junk hockey isn't changed by OMG we look bad lets put in a effort so the coach doesn't yell at us.
If we weren't playing the Oilers on Saturday, my motivational speech would be a bus ride to banff, grab these toilet brushes and start scrubbing porta potties.