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Originally Posted by GioforPM
I’m of the belief that most systems work if the players commit. Some may be better suited than others to personnel, but few teams have one style of player anyway. I mean, did Babcock really have less talented guys in Toronto than Detroit? Or did the Toronto guys just not buy in?
And by this I don’t excuse the coach because they need to sell the system to the players.
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Both the Leafs and Wings have / had better high end horses than the Flames ever will in this current cycle and are / were before a more desirable FA and grey beard destination. Who knows if Babcock really had to do anything or if the HoF team just ran it for him. We dont have a HoF team or even a Top 5 skill team. Is it just buy in or is it a combination of buy in, square peg round hole, lack of high end talent and IQ. This team isnt skilled enough and doesnt have high enough IQ to be shoe horned into any system and succeed imo.
When your a 1B roster and a 2 tier living destination you need to be more creative and get good at something. They aren't hard to play against. They aren't suffocating on D. Half the supporting cast I would describe as being on the slower side currently. We aren't beating teams on pure skill and IQ that much is for certain (although they keep being quoted in the media as thinking they can just come back whenever). So either support Johnny, Dube etc. ,the horses you have with more speed to play their game or get guys that play this Coyote ugly 2012 style you want (not saying I want it).
Ward could come out tomorrow and say guys I admit it I don't know what i'm doing and start coaching them to play like Peters and then they get exposed again by faster teams in the PO until they commit to the personnel to match the system. They need a proven Motivator for a Coach (Not Ward) with a system that's tailored to the star hand they were dealt or trade them for ones that fit and supported by players that work in the system they want to play imo.