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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Well except of course for the fact that the militant anti gg people are far more guilty of pretending to know something as fact, which they clearly don’t.
This isn’t like our goaltending in the last few years where there isn’t much doubt where the issue comes from, although even then an argument could be made that poor defensive structure played a role.
It is never black and white and it is pretty funny for you to act like others have finally seen the light that everyone else knew all along.
Maybe the obnoxious part was certain posters, and I can’t recall you being one, spending thread after thread and day after day spewing low brow insults at the coach which offer no real insight. As I said in my previous post, he may be the problem, or one of several problems, but it doesn’t make all of the criticisms about him true nor does it validate some of the garbage I’ve had to read people go on and on and on about for weeks and months.
For better or for worse, in this case worse, a lot of the emotion and passion has been displayed in some really ugly ways that don’t add any value to the conversations and discussions. Again, this is in large part to the fact that most of our perception of the coach is based on the results on the ice, which funny enough, is the one place he cannot directly participate.
Is it his crappy system? His lack of adaptability? His poor personnel decisions? Poor motivational skills? The only one of those four that is remotely visible to fans is the personnel choices. The other 3 are purely speculation based on results. Fans could be totally wrong about all of those supposed shortcomings of gg, and those are some of the most common criticisms that don’t involve just hurling insults at him, and it still wouldn’t mean he’s a great coach or the right coach for this team.
Given our lack of insight to his coaching, practices, systems etc I think a much simpler evaluation needs to take place. Do we, and the GM too, think that the assembled roster is better than the current results? And if yes, the roster is better, then is there a chance the issue will be resolved with gg as coach and when is the right time to make a change if we see no possible resolution forthcoming?
So maybe the solution is for people to not be #######s and make condescending comments about fans who have a different opinion.
Just look at this page. Mr coffee makes a condescending anti gg post and then actually thanks nik’s post that it is only one group being dinks. Like come on. That’s literally the type of post that we’re all tired of.
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Didn’t mean my post to be condescending, but I can see how it’d be read that way, sorry man.
Guess I thanked nik’s post just because there does seem to be a lot of arrogant posters in the defend GG camp that preach patience and call out “negativity” when I don’t really see it as negative as much as just trying to call things as people see it. But maybe I interpret those peoples posts as arrogant when they don’t intend them to be too. I dunno, whatever.
Anyway Merry Christmas!