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Originally Posted by New Era
Seriously? You don't understand why anyone would be skeptical of this based on history? For all the crying going on around here about wanting the team to get better, including jettisoning the top players on the team, there are an awful lot of people who are willing to ignore YEARS of bad play from Sam Bennett because of a few games in a really weird playoff tournament, and promote him into positions that he has shown he is incapable of playing.
You supposedly coach. Do you not learn from past player behavior, or do you allow the same players to go out game-after-game and hurt your team? At some point you learn, and you maintain a very healthy level of skepticism about those players. They may get on string where they play well, but you keep them on a short leash looking for the first hint of previous behaviors and attempt to curb them. I am all for giving a player some latitude, but when does that same guy ####ting the bed and contributing to a dud finally make you wake up and say enough is enough? That's where we are IMO. It's go time, and Sam Bennett better show up at training camp ready to play this exact same way or the Flames would be way better off moving on from him. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Bennett is going on opportunity three. He better perform.
My big question for the Bennett Bros, what happens if he comes to camp and is the same old Sam Bennett? At a time when this team is need of change are you willing to gamble that Bennett is capable of playing at this level the majority of the time? Because if he plays as he has each of the past four seasons, he's not going to move the needle and the team remains stagnant. There is risk with every decision, and is this risk the team can accept and you're willing to accept? I see next year as Bennett's make or break with the Flames. He either performs, or he's traded early to some other team who hopes they can reclaim a player. Is that something you can accept?
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Some of the things you bring up cant even pass a logic test dude. On your own team you have an example of a player that didnt hit his stride until mid 20 but somehow this 23 year old is absolutely what he is?
The stats say he is a good depth center at 23 playing with garbage or are the stats wrong?
He has the one thing damn near every flames fan is choking up right now and thats a desire to go out and win, but we should get rid of him to improve the team?
Have we not watched enough guys over the last 2 decades walk out of here at 22 23 doomed as NHL failures only to go on and have good long careers?