I think the Dallas fans who blame Bowness for some of their troubles and think he's a terrible coach are missing the fact that their team is not very good and can't play any style successfully except "trap and hope" because they have only one line of decent players. A coach who'd open the game up would already be planning for next season because the Stars would have been swept.
Not that he's an amazing coach, but you have to adapt to the personnel you have. That boring style is suited to that team - play low event hockey and hope your big guys come through with a couple goals.
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