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Originally Posted by The Boy Wonder
I honestly just don't think gully does it as much as he could or should. Obviously he does some personnel movement but on a scale of NHL coaches I really don't think he is anywhere near progressive in terms of hanging things up. Or at least in making the smart changes like Dougie to pp1.
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He started out with Dougie on PP number one last season, and people complained (Brodie was being stifled). I think he never should have changed that. He played Bennett on the wing and people complained (Bennett needed to play centre in order to be in a position to succeed).
Look, I get that people think he sticks with status quo too long. Maybe he does. But believe me, I see the same exact complaint about almost every coach. "Why doesn't he try X?" "Same old coach X, never change". "He plays X too much/on the power play/on line X". I've seen these same complaints about Quenneville and Babcock.