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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
We might be nit picking a little. If a fan complains that there's no plan, is that meaningfully different than saying the plan is bad, or is unachievable or seems to lack commitment?
As an outsider, it sure seems like the fundamental problem is the lack of commitment to a clear direction. I guess you can hold out hope that the org is three steps ahead of us and we're headed into a rapid rebuild but that really seems like blind faith.
Sometimes things are exactly as they appear.
Personally I have more time for the "no plan" criticism than the "smartest guy in the room" stuff. If Treliving sounded like Darryl Sutter no one would say that.
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By we you mean me I'd assume.
I personally see a big difference in someone criticizing the plan as they know it, or as they think it is currently, than the guy that beats his chest and says they don't have a plan, blah blah smartest guy in the room.
I think the team had a plan. It was built around a deep defense core and Monahan and Gaudreau up front. Drafting and moves added Tkachuk and Lindholm to the mix making them deeper at forward but then the duo hit the wall and they've been reeling since.
To me the issue is what's up now.
Do they see it differently than the average fan? Does Treliving believe this is the core and he's keeping with it come hell or high water? His comments at the end of last season tells me no ... he wanted change. He didn't get it.
So why? My money is on offers being so weak that either he, or ownership ... or all of them just didn't feel it was the way to go.
But all of that is hugely different than saying there is no plan at all.