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Originally Posted by djsFlames
Wish I understood systems and coaching more than I do. All I know is I'm sick of watching the Flames break like water on rock trying to move the puck up ice.
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Here's the biggest thing (in my opinion)
Systems are for your bottom 6 and your special teams. Your top scorers, you don't make them play a certain way, you tell them to get the puck and do their thing. McDavid doesn't get almost 2 points a game by playing a rigid system, we all know the infamous stories of guys like Lemieux and Sakic straight-up telling their coach to piss off and leave them alone. Or Iginla telling Conroy to stop dumping the damn puck in. You don't tame a wild mustang.
Rookie coaches have a habit of trying to overcoach. When it comes to these top players just motivate them, give them teammates that understand where they're gonna be, and let them go. Unless there's some glaring errors you want to address, just coach effort, but not style