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Originally Posted by Textcritic
This is, in my opinion, the most glaring problem with this season, and it is predominantly a coaching issue. I think Peters was a good coach who got excellent results for a time, but then fairly quickly lost the ear of his players amid a poor playoff performance. Geoff Ward seems pretty clearly to be ill suited for the job, and I think the fact that he still retains the "interim" moniker is an indication of this. I expect a new coach will be added in the summer, as while there are a couple of currently unemployed quality NHL coaches out there, I don't think they are necessarily available today.
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I agree with this. I like Ward but it's been evident that he's not as detail oriented as Peters as the team has been playing loose hockey. There's been some regression in team defense since he took over. Maybe that's a byproduct of trying to get the offense going but we aren't talking about miscues in the transition game as they are a mess at times in their own zone.