[Gaskal]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

Yes, and that is part of the problem in my opinion. Fans want the goalie coach fired because it is easy. I am most concerned about whether or not it is the right thing to do. It may be, but I remain unconvinced mostly because I have so little information about the situation. We all have so little information—why are there such strong feelings from so many posters with so little information? I think the answer is obvious.

Your constant schtick of "Well, none of us know" is really ringing hollow. I can see BleedingRed is scathingly posting about it already.

I've posted it earlier, but he's too much of a 'yes-man' coach. His methodologies indicate as much.

Pats on the back, pucks at the head: Inside the life of a goalie coach

“Does he feel like he’s getting better? Does he feel like there’s a good connection there? Can he trust you?” said Sigalet. “I’m sure at the end of the year, management sits down with the goalies. I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t that way. It’s a huge relationship thing.”

“I’ll do drills on the ice, but I won’t tell them why we’re doing it,” said Sigalet. “I don’t want to be like, ‘We’re doing this because you’re struggling here,’ because then they’ll be over-thinking. So it’s doing it secretly to work on a certain part of their game.”

“If a goalie has a bad game, I usually don’t even show him the clips,” said Sigalet, “unless there’s a serious teaching point.”

People are free to believe or turn a nose up to the rumors about his attitude, here's the OP from Reddit (remember, this guy broke the Peters hiring and the Bryout™ - I am choosing to believe this one)

I just heard that Neal and Smith had a little argument in the dressing room right after the game. Apparently Neal was not happy with something Mike Smith said about defensive miscues in the game. Neal told him and I quote "make a ####ing save".

I've heard they are friends off the ice but they've had words twice now in less than a week. Players are not happy with Mike Smith.