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Originally Posted by Toonage
Listening to the Fan 960 right now and I'm a little miffed. The suggestion this morning is more or less, "is this team full of idiots" brought forward by the way they play at home and their breakdown when it comes to simple system play.
My thoughts:
1) This isn't a team full of morons who can't play basic hockey, but there is obviously a gap between the coaches and the players as to what is expected
2) They say the coach is just as confused as anyone why the team doesn't play well at home. Too bad. That's the coaches job to figure this out.
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I thought their points were valid. If, at this stage of the season, the coach is having to remind players not to try and beat guys 1:1 at the end of a shift, but to rather get the puck deep, VERY basic stuff, is that the coach's fault or the players' fault?
And moreover, the premise was that not enough of these players are willing to pay the price.
How many guys on the team can you say HATE to lose? The guys they named were Gio, Smith, Tkachuk and Johnny (in his own way - their words not mine).
I would probably add Hamonic to that list.
The rest of the team? They don't seem committed enough.
Why isn't everyone willing to block shots? Sidney Crosby will do ANYTHING to win. He is above nothing.
So why are our best players not like that?