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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Hartley got 97 points and then the next year they tuned him out and he went to 77. After Hartley got canned GG took them up to 94 points and a PO spot. Then they tuned him out, sagged to 84 and he got fired. Then Peters took them to 107 and again a PO spot (and the first round exit felt worse). The next year they were mediocre and starting to tune out Peters - they were always win 2 lose 2 and right before he was fired they’d gone on a 6 game losing streak - at Peters’ .500 rate they were going to miss the POs. And Ward immediately went on a 7 game winning streak, and had another similar streak which resulted in (a) a play-in win and (b) a first round exit that at least more competitive, up 3-0 and should have been 4-0 but for a few seconds. And now they’ve tuned out Ward.
So they’ve tuned out an ass kicker who coached a weird stretch pass game, a nice guy who coached a Babcock style, an ass kicker who coached a forecheck and fast transition game, and now Ward.
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I'm not saying to keep the core intact forever. I'm saying the coaching is the easier problem to address right now. Ok yeah sure they tune out coaches after a year and have maybe tuned out Ward. So why keep Ward then? Bring in a coach now and save the season, then get rid of the problem players in the offseason.
It has to be a better alternative than the team playing this boring, ugly brand of hockey right now.