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Major Major · 12-25-2017, 02:35 PM

Painful to see people think that fan sentiment has bearing on hockey decisions. At first I thought it was a joke, then I see people double down.

For EE, ya of course fan dissatisfaction is a precursor to coach firings, but if you think that means a coach should be fired every time a group of emotional fans think so, that is a misstep in logic. It's quite likely that up to 20 teams' hardcore fanbase would vote for a firing at least once per calendar year.

For people out of their minds on D zone coverage, take a look at the last dozen games prior to Montreal. Then tell me you'd like to see people skating around playing man defence. Man defense? Are you freaking kidding me? Have you watched a hockey game this decade? Or maybe you'd prefer the old Hartley collapse?

GG may not be the coach for this team. And it may be written about him that he never experienced much success as an NHL coach. I'm going to leave that to treliving and Burke though. They're the ones with jobs on the line and they're the ones with the actual information. I sure as hell know they're not making a decision based on what backlund's socks thinks.

12-25-2017, 02:35 PM	#162
Major Major First Line Centre Join Date: Sep 2011 Exp:	Painful to see people think that fan sentiment has bearing on hockey decisions. At first I thought it was a joke, then I see people double down. For EE, ya of course fan dissatisfaction is a precursor to coach firings, but if you think that means a coach should be fired every time a group of emotional fans think so, that is a misstep in logic. It's quite likely that up to 20 teams' hardcore fanbase would vote for a firing at least once per calendar year. For people out of their minds on D zone coverage, take a look at the last dozen games prior to Montreal. Then tell me you'd like to see people skating around playing man defence. Man defense? Are you freaking kidding me? Have you watched a hockey game this decade? Or maybe you'd prefer the old Hartley collapse? GG may not be the coach for this team. And it may be written about him that he never experienced much success as an NHL coach. I'm going to leave that to treliving and Burke though. They're the ones with jobs on the line and they're the ones with the actual information. I sure as hell know they're not making a decision based on what backlund's socks thinks. Last edited by Major Major; 12-25-2017 at 02:50 PM.