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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
So I just finished reading 7 pages of this thread. I don't recall a handful of posts calling out the core/best players on this team. Timbit said the top players were awful. Is that the only post? But page after page after page of how Ward sucks.
Is there a slight chance that this team just isn't very good? That when the Flames best players have a bad game that maybe the team will look bad?
I'm not saying Ward is a great coach, but I really feel like the top players on this team are really getting a massive free pass (yet again) here tonight. Your best players have to be your best players and also have to be some of the best players on the ice. Far too often, under multiple coaches, this core has not consistently been the best players on their team, or on the ice.
Blaming the coach is easy. Realizing the core of this team just may not be that good is a tougher pill to swallow. We all wish this core was elite. They're not. Should have made big changes last season. Expect more of the same for the rest of the season unless big changes are made ASAP.
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Agree with this, but its been known for the last few seasons and was hammered home last season that the core needed a change. Like, there was no doubt about that, right? We are in the definition of insanity realm here with this group this season. The GM didn't make any of those changes.
It was also very apparent they should hire an experienced coach this time, after trying for some diamonds in the rough previously. The GM didn't do that either. At some point (despite doing some other good things like getting a clear staring goalie), the architect of this team has to be discussed.