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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
Agreed on this. I find it hard to see the coaching as working when the team was playing great to end the season last year but looks so uninspired and out-of-joint this year. I really enjoyed watching them on their winning streak, as they played beautiful possession hockey, but they are painfully boring to watch now. Taking time to learn the system is one thing, but learning it and then not performing it is a problem.
The story of the beers on the train could also be much more a story of player leadership than coaching leadership. If that's what it takes to get a team to play together, the coach may not be doing a great job of managing the team's emotions. Emotion and inspiration is largely the domain of leadership.
I can't say I dislike the system itself, because the system looked great end of last year, but I hate the lack of emotion.
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Actually after the 10 game winning streak they went 5-6 to finish the regular season and then swept in the playoffs so essentially 5-10 once the winning streak expired. If you carry it into this season they are 10-16 following the winning streak. It seems to me once the winning streak ended they reverted back to their uninspired, mediocre play that has simply carried over into this season. I realize some fans will steadfast remain positive but I really don't know how any fan cannot accept the truth that outside the two winning streaks, this team has not really played well under Gulutzan. There's mounting evidence that it's simply not working out as good teams don't rely on long winning streaks to keep their heads above water. If anything the winning streaks are the aberration and sub .500 hockey is the norm.