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Originally Posted by Royle9
He’s not coaching any real system, at least that’s what the product on the ice would say. He’s not making adjustments during the game, he’s not shortening the bench when behind. He’s not even putting the best forwards on the ice when we need a goal and down with 3 mins left.
He’s not fit to be a head coach plain and simple.
He hasn’t lost the room because he never had it to begin with.
Get a real coach before we rank any further.
Also a fan of changing the core of this team, but with a draft in doubt I don’t see them blowing anything up.
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This. I see no system, and what systemic stuff I do see, I see over and over with very little adaption.
Put it another way, teams know how to beat the Flames - clog up the neutral zone and you'll just kill the Flames breakout every time, and nothing will be done to combat it.
Look at the power play. How many times did the drop to Gaudreau, who then skates up to the line where 4 guys are standing still (you need someone skating with the carrier and someone skating behind the carrier so he has some options) work? It didn't work. Not once actually. They did it 9 times though, because that's what they've been told to do. No in game adjustment, no "Okay let's add THIS into the mix." It's ridiculous. That's a glaring example, and firmly on the special teams coach, but the rest of the play looks the same.
Watch that Montreal Toronto game last night, both teams exit the zone so fast and so trouble-free compared to the Flames. Flames hack and whack and try to make a D to D pass under pressure. Toronto and Montreal take the puck with speed and carry it north, and lanes open up. Flames looked last night like they were under pressure the whole time in their own end, like they just couldn't get and keep clean possession. How tiring is that for the players? Something's systemically wrong with what they are trying to do.