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Originally Posted by ForeverFlameFan
It's not like GG is making humongous mistakes. He's just not realizing that the small little adjustments he CAN make are part of the reason why we don't have about 2/3 more wins in the win column.
1) Get Brodie away from Hamonic. We're over 25% into the season, we can obviously see that they don't mesh well.
2) The 4th line needs less minutes, and those extra minutes should be evenly distributed in the top 9. We're a top 9, bottom 3 forward system (or at least we should be), not a top6/bottom6. Distribute the minutes accordingly.
3) Give players that aren't playing well less minutes. It's going a little with #1, give Brodie/Hamonic less time or different partners. Hamilton has been bad, try putting Him with Hamonic or Kulak, and maybe he finds his game again.
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I think he does realize it but either he is trusting his assistant coaches or supports a different philosophy. GG knows he can call timeouts and he also knows where and which players are being played. But for whatever reason he has different ideas about what should bring about the consistency the Flames are lacking. I agree with your suggestion "wins are more important" and experiments and stubborn non/adjustments should be the bare minimum; Because at the end of the day you might not have enough of them to make the playoffs.
^^ This is what I think separates good coaches from coaches who are still learning.