Someone mentioned that Glug-glug's strategy seems to be spreading talent around to have more even lines / pairings...the argument being that if you concentrate all your talent, it'll be easier for the opponent to shut down your top guys or victimize your weakest D-men. In reality, that's frigging stupid. Because everyone knows that a good line is not just the sum of its parts, but gels to become more than that.
Half the time, "good coaching" is probably just dumb luck -- trying things out and finding some lightning in a bucket and somehow managing to keep it bottled bucketed up until winning a cup. That's how I'd describe the last playoff season. The line-brawl game became more than anyone could have expected, and Hartley & Co. managed to ride that pretty far.
So what we have here is a coach who refuses to acknowledge these factors...the luck & the intangibles. Instead, everything can be broken down to a "process" and he seems to think that simply following the process will make everything right. Well that's stupid...and it has to change now.
GG has to change his philosophy or the organization needs to change him.
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