My take.
The team looks in disarray. I don’t know how many times last night I said to myself WTF are they doing. This is a pretty veteran team with some very good players on it. Way too good to be looking like this.
Last season they looked well coached with the same coaching staff. This season. Especially lately. It looks like they don’t even practice. I know they lost two good players in the summer. But the guys they brought in to replace them aren’t ham and eggers.
Something looks to be wrong behind the scenes. I think it’s one of two things. Either the players don’t agree with the systems they are being forced to play and aren’t bought in. Or they have stopped listening to Sutter.
Most veteran teams that I’ve seen that aren’t performing to normal standards can usually be traced to not listening to an authoritarian coach who’s best before date has passed.
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