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Originally Posted by The Boy Wonder
I think the flames have 4 possible problems:
1. Ownership won’t pay too dollar for a top coach or,
2. Tre tells ownership he doesn’t want a top coach and wants to groom one or.
3. Ward sucks and can’t make adjustments and can’t motivate players or.
4. The players can’t be bothered to be motivated
If it’s 1. There ain’t much to do but hope the flames either move or get sold to someone who cares.
If it’s 2. You hope ownership tells Tre to find a good coach or fire him
If it’s 3. Just fire the guy
If it’s 4. Get Gio and Backs the F out of town because they clearly are the problem as this team has had its GAF meter at 0 for years now... even going back to the iggy years where he “led by example”
If it’s all of the above you quit watching and start cheering for the panthers or something
Gio should be stripped of his captaincy, but problem is there’s nobody else to give it to.
Entire leadership team and top players are just happy to be here and happy to play pro hockey for a living but don’t actually care enough to do the little things that make you perennial winners
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Whoa whoa, Backlund?
I can see Gio being a problem as his output has been questionable at best, but Backlund carries the team more than the top line guys do. Frankly, Backlund would be my top captaincy pick. The other would be Andersson. I'm not sure I'd be comfortable awarding it to any one else. I love Lindholm's output, but he doesn't strike me as the captain type.