I remember listening to the post-game show on 960 following the Edmonton loss and the guys kind of went to bat for the coaching staff. They mentioned things like it's the players who need to understand the level of play, execute on chances, make sure they are prepared and to stay disciplined etc.
Following the Philly loss though I found that there was a marked difference in tone with regards to the coaching staff. It almost seemed like they couldn't find any positives in some of the same exact decisions that may be leading to some of these losses. The tone I got from it was "Man, this and that ISN'T WORKING, why are you doing it over and over?"
It brings me back to the beginning of last season when Frolik was leading the team in goals with I believe 6 or 7, he wasn't on the power play but was on the PK. The PP was close to the bottom of the league in terms of goals or percentage. In all the interviews and stuff GG kept mentioning the PK, defending the decision, talking about this and that etc. Finally on one game there was Frolik on the PP. It almost seemed like the decision was made FOR HIM. Murray Edwards picking up a phone or sending an email telling him that our leading scorer needs to be scoring power-play goals cause I am sick of hearing about MY team being bottom feeders on the man advantage. That's how I saw that!
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