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Originally Posted by Bingo
So is this going to be a thing?
Win three and a row and all good. Lose one and we fire the coach again?
I've just never been the high of highs and low of lows guy so it always strikes me as a tough way to exist.
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This probably isn't a fair categorization of my original position that GG isn't the coach to take this team - which I view as a strong stanley cup contender on paper - to the cup.
I laid out five issues with GG's coaching. Lets revisit them with updated comments in red:
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Originally Posted by GullFoss
1) Defensive coverage is passive and lacks intensity - work in progress, but there seems to be marked improvements here
2) Special teams are terrible. PK is worse than terrible.
PP looking better
3) Outside of the 3M line, no one battles well in the offensive zone. As a result, there is no zone pressure Huge improvement here -
the 1st and 3rd lines are getting pressure. Even the fourth line is looking better
4) Ice time management is piss poor. The fourth line is getting 10-15 minutes a game, but is composed of Stajan and Glass, two players that are AHLers at best. Huge improvement here -Glass and Stajan are no longer getting ice time!!!!!
5) Bennett - the highest draft pick in flames history - isn't developing properly This is getting better since Jagr began helping him along, but he still looks very weak in terms of confidence and knowing where to be on the ice.
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So of the five issues I laid out, two have been fully corrected (#3 and #4). Two look to be work in progress (#1 and #5). And one is still a problem (#2)
Things are definitely looking up...