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I am probably one of the only people here not ready to put all this on Ward yet. I keep think about what Rhett Warrener was saying about it being a bad room, and I am inclined to agree with him.

I guess it is a chicken and egg scenario. Is it a bad room because the coaching sucks, or is the coach helpless because there are a few bad apples spoiling the bunch? It's anyone's guess at this point, but watching how the team interacts on the ice, it looks like half of them are pissed off at the other half. I think there are a few players that didn't have their heart in it since game one this season and it has festered.

I don't know... is it the coach's job to change how players feel about their job, or is it on the players to show professionalism? There are some players I assume, who would likely rather be anywhere else in the world than in a Calgary pandemic bubble playing the same teams over and over, but they are trying to make the most of it. Then there are some, I am wagering, that are looking at the shortened Canadian division season as a waste of a year and can't wait for it to be over. If my hunch is right, you can see how it would cause a rift in the room that I think would baffle any coach.

Certain players on this team have had questionable intentions in the past, as evident in the Colorado and Dallas series. The talent is there, but I've questioned their fortitude and desire for a while. When things are going good, they seem to be all in, but as soon as there is adversity, there a few key guys that just don't seem to care enough and start thinking Arby's

Or maybe it's all on Ward, I don't really know. Probably a bit of both.