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Originally Posted by GioforPM
No, they prove the opposite, but you refuse to acknowledge what the actual game logs show, or address the alternatives (Harvey? Really?) that a real coach would have to consider.
I said he shouldn't have had top unit minutes off the bat. What I was addressing was the argument that GG "refused" to change that and stuck with him throughout. He did change it up. He took him right off to PP. Then, at times he was forced to use him on the second unit (like maybe 30 seconds per PP) because, yes, he was a better choice than Lazar (who hadn't scored at all) or Stajan (who hadn't scored at all) or Hathaway (who you could at least make an argument for but, as time went on, was reverting to his old self).
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you're contradicting your own posts now...
I'm not refusing to acknowledge anything, I'm simply quoting your posts word for word and what you've said is that Brouwer only had limited time in 1/4 of the season. This was from YOUR game log research not mine, I'm not claiming to have reviewed dobber myself nor do I need to in order to justify why I think GG is a terrible coach. The Harvey reference was to another poster who posted his name as to further justify that we could have tried literally anything instead of Brouwer, clearly you missed that I'm sorry.
Was he really a better choice than Lazar, Stajan or Hathaway though in hindsight? Especially 3/4 through the season when he STILL WASN'T DOING ANYTHING? We wont know if they could have been better because we never tried. Did they have success 5v5? No, but Brouwer didn't either and yet he was continually awarded PP time again and again. There's literally no reason NOT to try either of those 3 when your PP goes 1/49 in the last 2 months or w/e it was.
That's where the disconnect is, christ I would have thrown out a defenseman to stand in front of the net just to "try" it at that point if we're being completely honest.