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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
See, I think, using a Gulutzan as an example that
- the roster was good enough to make the playoffs
- many, many individuals underperformed
- a few (top line and Tkachuk) did well
- the ones that performed well are the elite talent or fortunate enough to be the winger playing with 2 elite players
- almost everyone else on the whole team underperformed
- no it didn’t balance out
- badly coached team lost too many games
I am asking with Peters if this may be a concern.
Anecdotally he has many of the same general criticisms as Gulutzan
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I mean, we can talk about GG, too, if you want, but that wasn't why I brought up Flames examples and what I meant by "balancing out". Obviously collectively the results didn't add up, but IMO half the players played at or above their standards, and half below.
I was using purely individualistic comparisons for a very exclusive argument. You won't find me disagreeing that Gulutzan was not the right coach for this team for the reasons you've listed (and probably more).
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I think that there is concern in a franchise player becoming temporarily mediocre
I’m not saying the guy is a bad coach. But there are a few big red flags. And I don’t think you can simply look past them. You absolutely have to look deeper, but I have not seen them as summarily dismissible
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It's fair to raise questions, but your only support for that specific argument was Eric Staal, who was already under performing and looking disinterested playing with a below average roster before Peters arrived.
I don't believe it's a question for concern. Buff laid it out pretty well.