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Originally Posted by nik-
Stuff like this
Is smug. It's also hilariously ironic because this is based on a short stretch of games where we've played well and this same thing has happened before. We've had good stretches. You mention his strategies and philosophies to be competitive over a season, that hasn't been proven at all.
When we actually see a consistent competitive team, not this up and down roller coaster ride it's been under Gulatzan, I'll change my opinion completely.
Until then, he's a pretty meh coach to me.
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I didn't think it was as smug as "hilariously ironic".
In the past calendar year, they have been a hundred point pace team. I know this is ignoring last year's start. I also know it is ignoring the playoffs. Personally, I don't hang those things on him. The team could be playing more consistently, certainly. But my sense is that the realism of what people expect doesn't jive with pro sports necessarily. The absolute best teams in this league are going to get out played approximately 3/10 times.
I just don't think there's anything wrong with reserving judgement at this point. GG and the team have been trending steadily up the last year. Instead of saying, he's a meh coach, like it's some kind of absolute, why not say that you're unsure right now, but based on how they do this season, he may be better than I expected (or not).
I think it's the absolute-isms that are frankly based on severely limited insight that rub people the wrong way when it comes to Gulutzan.