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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Possession is fine and can be effective. The problem with Gulutzan is that I honestly feel he was coaching to CORSI and other advanced stats instead of simply coaching the players in the heat of the moment letting the advanced stats speak for themselves. It was assbackwards and before the Flames hired Gulutzan, I would have thought it absurd that a coach would do that, but here we are.
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I still don't believe this. If a coach wanted to boost CORSI he wouldn't play Troy Brouwer on the second line whenever someone went down. He would ship Matt Bartkowski to somewhere in Antarctica instead of mixing him into an NHL lineup for half a season.