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Originally Posted by Split98
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Good. The last thing the team needs is a goalie who is distracted by opinions of fans and the media.
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To take a W as 'pretty good' and accept no criticism about anything that happened during the game isn't going to sit well with the 'pundits' who hope your name isn't attached to the ticket they paid for. Because what he's not addressing is the highlight reel of gimmies he's offered up throughout the season. Those are games people have paid to be at and those are 2 points that matter, even in our position right now. If we finish near the top of the conference, regular season mishaps are forgiven but they aren't forgotten. Those gimmies need to stop, and Iggy night was too familiar for a lot of fans. More worrisome is our saviour in Rittich hasn't been too confidence inspiring lately either.
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Just because Smith doesn't "address" this with media and fans does not in any way mean he is failing to take accountability for his own mistakes. (What is he realistically going to say, anyways, that will make everyone feel better?)
Smith has no one to answer to but his teammates, his coaches, and himself. I suspect that whatever needs to be said is said behind closed doors and out of the public eye, as it should be.