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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
First, the players aren't all bombing. Some players are performing very well and that can't be ignored even though it doesn't fit the overall storyline or that it hasn't produced the results in the standings.
Second, while it may be naive to say you can overhaul the roster, it is equally naive to think you can fix this stuff if motivation or commitment is a core problem with the roster itself.
Overall I actually see things as follows
- This roster isn't as good as people thought it was, primarily due to a lack of natural goal scoring, and a terrible RW group
- Thus expectations were too high
- The team has still under-performed due to a combination of lack of goal scoring (particularly timely goal scoring), special teams, an injury to their MVP at the worst time, and yes - some bad luck.
- The inability for them to win games they should have (and by that I mean win games where they outplayed the opponents) has made it more difficult to maintain buy-in
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No amount of skill will make up for lack of commitment or motivation. But you can win on effort alone. We see this every night. How do the Coyotes beat anyone? Oilers? How do the Sabres beat TB?
In an 82 game season it happens a lot. Teams/players take nights off. Your coaches job is to limit those nights. The Flames have been mailing it in all year.
I don't see any fire in the way GG talks. He is a boring analytical person that talks with little confidence. Not a leader.