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Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski
This is interesting to me. It says they wanted to reunite Gio-Brodie and give Hamonic a less free lancing partner - it does not say pair Hamilton with Hamonic.
Why would they would they want to reunite that combo when Gio-Hamilton was statistically a top pair?
Would it have put Hamilton on third pairing?
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I think they rightly viewed both Gio and Hamilton as top quality defenders. Knowing that Gio has had very good success with Brodie prior, and the fact that the second pairing of Brodie and Hamonic wasn’t working, why WOULDNT you try it?
Gio stirs the drink on his pairing, he allows others to excel, and Hamilton is offensively gifted and more predictable than Brodie. Splitting up Gio/Hamilton to try and strengthen your top for should’ve absolutely been a no-brainer.
I don’t think a coach’s job is to find a great pair. A coach’s job is to find 3 solid pairs. If you loose a little off the top pair but gain it back + more on your second pair, you split em.