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Originally Posted by FAN
So if Crosby or Toews talks about why his team failed you tell them to shut up? Historically, coaches need to win a Cup in the first few years with that team or they will never win it with that team. Firing assistants sends a message to the headcoach more than it does to the players. I think a coaching change with a message to the players that the new coach isn't going anywhere for a while is more effective unless you establish a situation where the players know the coach isnt going anywhere.
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Wow, never said that at all. First part of your comment - What I did say was if the players at the end of year meetings are coming in and complaining about the coach not coaching the style they want to play then they should be told to shut up and come back and play better. This whole mentality that the players have something to say in running the team has gotten out of hand. I have never seen a player, like Toews or Crosby or Gretzky or Hull turn into a good coach, because they know how to play but don't understand the whole system of what makes a team work.
Second part of your comment - really worked well for the Oilers, Islanders, Florida etc. When the players play the way they want and not to the coaches system they usually don't succeed. Firing the coach each year just shows the players that they are never going to be held accountable. Scotty Bowman was the most hated coach by his players but they all loved him at the end of the year when they won the cup. Glen Sather was the same way. And Chicago also fired the coach that everyone loved, Denis Savard, and brought in another hard nose to coach them and they won the cup. The players loved Savard because he let them do whatever they wanted.
All I am saying is I appreciate the teams that commit to a coach and make the players adjust to what is being done, like the most succesful team in the NFL.
