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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
While I'm not crazy about bringing Elliott back, which shouldn't presume that Treliving (or any GM) is making big decisions based on who the media and fans have confidence in. The players, maybe, but even then we cannot be sure in any way that they have no confidence in him. We can say "How would we feel in that situation?" but none of us have been in that situation, so you'd never really know.
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I've played enough sports to know when a team gives up on someone, and this team has has no faith in Elliott. As soon as he lets in that bad goal, they just stop playing. The effort, the body language, the intensity, everything changes. There's no rebound from them when it happens. Normally when a goalie gives up a bad goal from time to time, the team in front of him will go through a wall to get it back for him. This team just quits in Elliott. You can maybe say that is an issue with the team, but this is a team built with a bunch of guys that just two years ago could never be counted out of game.