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Originally Posted by nemanja2306
It's easier to blame a player for a turnover than yourself for your coaching failures.
For me, it's not about the play by Gaudreau and the comment from GG itself that bothers me, it's the fact that it seems to me that it is GG's motto - play not to lose and don't take ANY risks.
When you're consistently thinking about not making mistakes and playing it safe, you're going to make mistakes.
The guy is absolutely clueless when it comes to managing his players.
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This times 100. This is the wrong approach for sports and pretty much everything in life. As soon as you are playing not to lose you start losing out on the creativity that will get you to yield better results.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
Last edited by Igottago; 12-15-2017 at 10:10 AM.
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