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Originally Posted by dissentowner
I don't understand why it's fine for every other post to be about how bad Huberdeau is yet it's not ok to criticize the coach who is not using any kind of system to use him effectively. It's ok for pages and pages of posters bitching about whatever player they want but a couple of posts about how poor the coach is and it's I hate the coach and "we get it".
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I get that and it's sometimes an asymmetric setup.
But I can guarantee you no coach is out there saying 'Z, make sure you push hard to cough the puck up from behind the net for that back-breaking 3rd goal against' and 'Hubie, go weak on that puck and force the pass when you're at the blue line so that it turns the other way into a 2 on 1'
When these players stop visibly underperforming yet continue to lose at the same pace, then I'll add my name to the 'We need an upgrade from Huska' list.
But so far this season, the striking feature has been individual brain farts leading to goals. No coach can overcome that with this roster.
I think last night's game with Toronto is a 'good' game for a team like this, meaning the players and coaches did what they can do. If you feel last night's outcome was truly because we got outcoached, then sure get rid of Huska. But if last night's outcome was a fine result for a roster like ours against a roster like Toronto's, then Huska is not the primary issue.