Honestly there were so many poor/stubborn deployment issues last year that it's hard to decide if the team needs a coach with a completely different philosophy or just one who can make logical choices.
Leaving Brouwer on the PP. Never once even attempting to tinker with a second pair that was a giant black hole. Continually underplaying Hamilton in all situations and then having him lead the league in goals seemingly just to spite them. Overplaying Smith early despite everyone on the planet knowing an older goalie can't handle that many starts.
There were way too many gaps in the "common sense" decisions that the coaching staff made.
I imagine I'm not alone in feeling like GG and the rest of the coaching staff were constantly trying to prove than they were smarter than everyone else despite the lack of results on the ice.
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