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Originally Posted by Bingo
If this team was getting worked night in and night out I'd be with you guys on stagnating and and the wrong message and make a change.
But they're just not.
You don't have an issue with a team not following their coach when they routinely outplay the opposition.
They are on their way in my mind. I honestly think they are a game or a week away from a stretch (something like 7-2-1) that will put this whole discussion to rest.
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What is the end goal? Making the playoffs? Okay, let's say we tetris our way into a playoff spot in April.
What can a Gulutzan led team accomplish when the opponent can isolate our achlles heels? Between the Canucks' meltdown in 2015 as they kept stubbornly forcing Sbisa and Bieksa, to the Flames meltdown in 2017 where Gulutzan kept stubbornly forcing Engelland and Bartkowski, to the general inability of either team to activate a second wave of offense when the checking got tight, what about Gulutzan do you believe can take this team deep past round one?
Hiscoaching is neither proven for regular season success (unlike Barry Trotz, Gerard Gallant, Mike Babcock, or Bruce Boudreau) nor has he been showing any penchant for postseason cleverness/desperation like Darryl Sutter, Joel Quennville, or Peter Laviolette. Honestly, I don't even know if he is a good coach, but what I have seen from Jack Capuano in the playoffs would instill me woth a lot more confidence than what I have seen from teams in which Gulutzan has played a part.