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Originally Posted by jayswin
I don't mean any offence to the CP crew that has continually mentioned that coaching is overrated and that if they don't succeed under budget coaches they won't succeed under anyone, but that is so wrong.
This is what real coaching does. It takes a roster and makes it better than the sum of it's parts. I strongly feel that the anti-'try an elite coach' brigade was actually posters upset that this roster wasn't giving it it's all under crappy coaches. Almost bitter in wanting them to fail rather than see them succeed under proper guidance.
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I'm someone that has said the roster deserves more of the blame and coaches get too much of it.
That doesn't mean I've EVER wanted this roster to fail. In fact I would be happy to be wrong because ultimately what i want is for this team to succeed. That's what I care about. I really don't care how often I'm right or wrong. I'm a fan on a forum with opinions. What I care about is seeing my team win a championship. So I hope I am wrong about the role of coaching because that will mean this team have a sustained turnaround under Sutter. From my point of view that would be wonderful. But I need to see it beyond 2 games. I need to see consistency. I need to see performance in big games. I need to see sustained commitment to doing what's required. I need to see it in the playoffs.
But when we start to make divisive comments like the above that suggest because someone has a different view it could mean they are bitter and 'want the team to fail' I don't see how that leads to good discussion on this board.
And as a reminder, I wanted Ward fired.