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Originally Posted by Red
But these players with bombs are playing in positions to succeed. Our shooters, Stone, Gio, Hamilton sat on the bench and watched Brodie shoot muffins on the first PP for most of the season.
Johhny is a much better player on his off wing on the PP, he played that in the past. But GG doesnt let him move. Why not try it? Its not like current set up works.
If you want the one timers you need to let players be in the right spot to shoot. Having Brouwer on the PP on the right side because he shoots right is the most ridiculous thing we have seen from GG. He has a stone hands player in the least effective spot to score. All he does is hug the post all PP. It is mind boggling that we keep trying that.
My personal favorite is Gio getting the puck and then walking the line to the middle to get a shot off. So dumb, so predictable, so ineffective. Coach GG can't come up with an answer why they are not scoring, that's so reassuring. I can point of a few things that we could at least try, but then again, we are fine with GG drawing a blank stare when asked what's wrong with this team. Some coach.
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Here's what I don't understand, half of our roster is doing really well and the other half isn't. So how is that on coaching exactly? Why can't the problem be that certain players just aren't performing? I mean, Jankowski has hit the rookie wall, but he and Sam Bennett had phenomenal months of December and helped carry the team while the 1st line struggled a bit.
All this coaching stuff doesn't make sense to me. Playing them in positions to succeed? Half the roster is beyond succeeding. Every line has seen some form of success this season, there's just been extreme inconsistencies from certain guys.
These guys also practice the PP constantly and they see what works and what doesn't. We've seen them change it up from time to time and when there's been prolonged success, they've stuck to that (i.e. 1-3-1 with Versteeg, Dougie now on the top PP unit). They're not opposed to success.
Lastly, just face it, this team doesn't have players who own quality one timers. That's not a skill you just pick up from the streets. It's a high end skill and certain players either have it or don't. I've never seen a player on this team one time a puck with any regularity or proficiency, Pre and Post Gulutzan. Blaming the coach on this team's lack of one timers is once again, another cop out.