Ward to me is a slightly better Gulutzan. He's a bit more adaptable, which is why he's a slightly better head coach, but I see many of the same problems in Ward's system as we saw in Gulutzan's. Most especially with the breakout. It's the same plodding exit that involves many passes to the middle and turnovers inside the blue line.
Or, tl;dr: good assistant coach, mediocre head coach. He's definitely stepped up following the Bill Peters mess, but honestly, we need a better coach next year.
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