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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Because what we're doing is a) too slow, and b) too predictable
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What exactly is so slow if you don’t mind me asking? Like, is there not enough mustard on some of these passes? Do they need to sit down and ponder about the next plays they need to make? What exactly is this team doing to themselves that’s causing this perceived slowness? I don’t understand.
The goal of every player/every team is to do things as fast as possible. Your shift is often less then a minute long, there’s no time to dilly dally. You break up a play, you find the best or easiest outlet and you break out of your zone. This isn’t rocket science here.
But it’s not grade 1 math either, the other team has a say too and they’re not going to make it easy, so they forecheck too to force turnovers and bad decisions. They drop back and put a wall up and dare you to get past them. Of course the Flames are going to break out slow, it’s not because they want to, it’s because they have to. You don’t sprint through a field of mines, you have to tip toe around it. Honestly, anyone who’s telling me that the Flames have 100% control in all of this has tunnel vision, you’re only paying attention to one side.