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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Thing is, Ward is the guy the players wanted. And they aren’t playing hard for him. That’s on both.
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Do we know that’s true for sure?
Media around the team all said “The guys love Wardo” but those guys were Ward cheerleaders from the day the season ended. And can’t really ever recall a player (outside of Lucic) explicitly praising Ward or the system they are playing.
Honestly this team never has played well under him. Even when they were winning down the stretch last year it was on the back of Talbot’s strong play but the underlying numbers had cratered.
I question that these guys have ever been on board with the system and style of play that Ward has been preaching.