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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Sigalet isn’t above questioning, but the variety of criticisms is what is funny. He’s responsible for Smith’s well established attitude? Really?
I just look at it and think (especially connected to the amount of changeover in the past 5 years) that Treliving isn’t afraid to make moves. He isn’t afraid to change what isn’t working, so perhaps, our understanding of that position might not mesh with reality...
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This is exactly the issue I have with how this entire discussion has unfolded. I really have no idea whether or not Sigalet is a good coach, but I suspect that he probably is given how proactive this GM has been about making changes. It is very weird to me that Sigalet would survive TWO wholesale coaching changes and frequent roster overhauls under the same GM unless he is doing something right. Someone above said that this “defies logic.” Well, maybe this is all the evidence we need to show that our thoughts about coaching goaltenders are probably well off. It seems a good bet to surmise that our “logic” in this instance is flawed.
The thing about questioning the goaltending coach is that his entire job occurs inside of a black box, which makes any and all criticism and praise nothing more than grasping at straws. It’s completely different from arm-chair assessing the head coach, or the special teams coaches because at least the variances in on ice performance, positioning, and tactics are much less subtle and nuanced.
What I see is a lot of justifiable frustration with the Flames recent history of goaltending combined with faint hopes that the problem is as simple as coaching. This is almost certainly wishful thinking, and the angst with which it manifests causes posters sensibilities to devolve into anecdotal pejoratives and revisionist histories like this bit of nonsense:
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Originally Posted by Macindoc
When Elliott and Johnson were signed, their numbers suggested that they would be a well above average goaltending duo. Once they got here, they were a disaster, and the longer they were here, the worse they got.
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I get it. People are terrified that Mike Smith might actually be just this bad, and there may not be any goalie coach on earth who is capable of making him better. But that anxiety does not provide unchecked license for posters to speculate in a vacuum or outright make up stories to assuage their fears.
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