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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Another thing, isn’t it weird that so many people constantly ragged on Iggy when our D was poor, ragged on Iggy for leadership, ragged on Iggy for effort, ragged on Iggy for everything but Gio gets exactly zero of that criticism?
I’m not saying we should blame him but how crazy is it that he’s basically untouchable? Is it just because he’s a Dman? Why does no one blame him for the lack of effort or lack of buy in to the coaches system (allegedly)? I guarandamntee you that if this was Iggy’s team still we’d be debating the country club atmosphere that he’s responsible for and GG would get way less heat.
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Because with Iginla you could argue that he wasn't putting in the effort at the defensive end of the ice - particularly given the feud with Regehr. And if Regehr were captain, one might argue that he'd have been overly defensive, and not put the proper weight on positive-value offensive risk-taking.
This made Giordano an easy choice for captain. He puts in a quality effort both offensively and defensively, with neither taking away from the other. He's leading by example, and if the horses aren't drinking the water he leads them to, then that's on them.
Furthermore, with this version of the Flames, it seems to me that the problem is not what they do under the system, it's what they don't. Are they not scoring powerplay goals because they're not doing what they're supposed to? Or is that doing what they're told doesn't work?