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Originally Posted by taxbuster
Flames are their own worst enemies:
- Come out totally flat for a big game? Check.
- Allow a reasonably early goal and get behind? Check.
- Do the above again? Check.
- Coach fails to settle down the team? Check.
- From behind, play like hell to catch up? Check.
- Tie the game in the late going? Check.
- Instantly lose focus and give up a goal? Check.
- Coach forgets there's such a thing as a time out? Check.
- Come out with nothing? Check.
Seems like this story has been written more than once this season, but they're still gonna "learn from it and move on"....reeally?
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Originally Posted by djsFlames
This exact scenario has happened once or twice.
In Nashville they had the lead, and actually had it a few times over the game. They lost in overtime and collected a point.
Usually when they come back all the way they win.
But let's use our goldfish memory and pretend like last nights game is a regular occurence.
Slow starts have been, but not that whole sequence of events.
The parade of not well thought out posts just continues to roll in.
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When Flames have been scored on first, their record is 16-20-4. Hardly stellar.
When trailing after 1, they're 8-15-4.
When trailing after 2, they're 8-26-2.
That's more than a couple of games...perhaps not with the exact scenario, but close enough to show a bad trend. Giving up the first goal, or two, sticks them in a hole they are hard-pressed to come out of. Records are very similar in that scenario, home and away.
If they're not ready to play at puck drop, they're likely going to lose.
I can't find stats (maybe someone else can) on tying and then losing, but my memory tells me there's more than "a couple" of games where that happened. Maybe I'm wrong though.
But the failure of the coach to calm the team down (or even try to) when rattled is pretty obvious to me.