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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
I agree with your thoughts on system and style and I do think coaching is to blame.
But I disagree with your point that it isn’t effort. (I think it was you in previous posts?). It is effort too. In fact it’s so painfully obvious an effort problem too. Too easy to give them a pass here. Fly by’s won’t hit won’t go to net don’t look like they’re skating sloppy passing trying to be too cute won’t get open for teammates on breakout like Jesus. All of it.
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I honestly think it’s probably a lack of confidence and reacting instead of anticipating.
The second you are playing reactive in this league and if there is any slight hesitation to make a play you’re done and that’s what I see with this team right now.
It manifests itself as looking like a “lack of effort” because the team starts to look slow and it looks like they are late to every play, but it’s not because the players are choosing to just not play hard.
It’s because they are lacking confidence, which means they are not trusting their instincts and thinking the game a step slower than the other team. Leads to them reacting to plays instead of dictating plays and hesitating when an option is open to them.
Honestly with the system they are playing this is always the outcome. Was the exact same thing under Gulutzan. If you coach a team to play passive and scared to make a mistake this is the type of hockey you end up with.