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Originally Posted by Psytic
Your right it wont change, summarizing all the points I agree with ive read on here. All the below needs to happen
- Need an Experienced Coach but cant get an experienced Coach because the Coyotes brain trust running our team don't want to be challenged by someone that can smell the bull#### like what happened with Tippet
- The players probably think the same thing many fans do. Ward = nice guy but hes in over his head / not experienced. You can like someone as a human being but still not be inspired to work hard for them. He could be the worlds greatest systems guy (which he isnt) and this team wont get up for him. Like glue gun they dont respect him. Not out of hate just out of the fact he doesn't seem to know what he is doing, the system doesn't work for the skill set of the team and on and on. Half the fans dont so probably half the players dont either nice guy though.
- Need more leadership on the team but it has to come from the best players as you can just tell this group will tune out a barking 4th or even 2nd liner. Has to be Gio and Money and Johnny but they dont have it in them its been proven over 7 yrs.
- So either they need a Leader for a Coach that inspires respect through their resume like a Sutter, Torts, Hartley, etc. or they need a star player swap for someone that is seen positively enough for the team to rally around. You bring in a Hall or somebody like that I think its the same thing it needs to be someone that's been a winner or they get tuned out as soon as they walk in the door.
- Someone needs to come in and be a big enough deal to become the new big dog on this team imo and supplant the current leadership. Or their needs to be a change of scenery deal to move all those guys out not cause they are bad players but to affect the culture change. I dont know which is more plausible. New players come in they fall in line with the current regime so to speak... either way id move out Ward first and go from there though he needs to go either way imo.
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Interesting quote, were the Coyotes dealing with the same type of issues? Maybe Tippet saw a bigger issue with the management?
Totally I agree with all of the above, "especially" we need the right kind of "motivator, leader" that can be the top dog. Without this changing the culture might be difficult.
Not sure if that type of coach is on Treliving's radar, and not sure if Treliving knows what kind of team he wants to build. Fast, big, skilled, or a little bit of everything? To be fair acquiring the desired players is not an easy job.