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Originally Posted by Tinordi
More grist for the mill that the problem with this team is less coaching and more team culture. The coach can only do so much. The players have to hold themselves accountable too. They have one win where they play well and decide to coast around at practice the next day? Concerning.
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Recall how flat the Flames showed up in the Montreal game before x-mas after beating the Blues. Montreal looked like the best team in the league that night. Part of the win one, lose one pattern the Flames are in is getting too high on themselves after a good outing.
This could be a culture issue rather then coaching. Everyone in this thread loves the emotion from GG, but recall Todd McLellan doing something like this in practice up north before playing the Flames in early December. It worked temporarily as they won 7-5 win against the Flames. But yelling at adults only goes so far, because to be successful in this league these guys have to buy in and work hard every day and not have to be yelled at to do it. The Oilers then proceeded to continue to oil after the Flames game.
On the TSN video GG asked 'Who's in charge here?', which could imply he's lost the room. I hope that if they fire GG they also shake up the roster because the players have already been sent the wrong message from management about accountability. Bouma, Gaudreau, & Monahan show up late for practice after the superbowl two years ago, Hartley benches them for the next game and then he gets fired at the end of the year.