Practice notes Mar 12: Tkachuk, Monahan, & Backlund absent "maintenance days" for all

[Stay Golden]

Gulutzan's tirade lmao. He hasn't had the pulse of this team in real time since he arrived. He is a reactionary coach who in his case doesn't react until things have gone on and on for way to long. When it has become code red is when he finally reacts.
Ok Gully you had another tirade after the fact...again. Have a tirade during the game on the players you know when it matters. When your team is actually battling for the valuable 2 points you joke.

[vanisleflamesfan]

This is what passes for an 'angry tirade' the day after a game like last night?

No wonder the 'country club', overly pampered Flames come out so soft so much of the time if this milquetoast is at the helm.

This guy sounds like a 10 year old Sunday school teachers pet who just learned the "F" word.

I've heard more genuine emotion from a high school kid on the mic at a drive-thru window than this guy.

Is this really considered to be a big deal?

[dammage79]

Originally Posted by vanisleflamesfan

This is what passes for an 'angry tirade' the day after a game like last night?

No wonder the 'country club', overly pampered Flames come out so soft so much of the time if this milquetoast is at the helm.

This guy sounds like a 10 year old Sunday school teachers pet who just learned the "F" word.

I've heard more genuine emotion from a high school kid on the mic at a drive-thru window than this guy.

Is this really considered to be a big deal?

No, it's not a big deal. The fact this is what the media has to go with about this team says all it needs to. Flatline, the lot of them. Tkachuks done what he can to spark things and it hasn't worked.

I think the fact that throughout every aspect of the flames from the , fans, management, media think this team is better than it has shown speaks enough.

As for Gully saying some swears, if that was the motivational speech to save the season, it's a failure yet again. But I don't think it was, it's just a coach trying to do his job and the media was bored.

On a scale of 1 to Stick Throw, I figures thats a 1.5 or 2

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Vinny01

I like when Gully gets public with his anger with the team. It typically is good for a short stretch of good play which is needed on the eve of another BOA.

They lose badly tomorrow it has to be his fate and the teams as well

My big issue is that its total garbage.

The team was dead, done and dusted before 3 minutes of the 1st period had elapsed.

Awesome.

A lot of hard work on the road trip and you serenade your home fans with that.

Guess what Glen...it isnt 100% on them. You're part of the team too.

"They just werent ready."

Neither were you Glen.

[dammage79]

Also, the entire season is on the coach, you can't pump a team up by saying it's a 100 point team and not meet your own expectations, that's on you gully.

[GullFoss]

too little and too late. Go home glen. You're done.

[dieHARDflameZ]

Originally Posted by GullFoss

too little and too late. Go home glen. You're done.

Should fire 95% of our roster into the sun as well. They’re the ones that play the ****ing games but yes let’s continue to blame coaching for a decade of mediocrity.

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by -TC-

full video

https://www.bardown.com/glen-gulutza...tice-1.1024768



it's not a rant, it's coaching.

like I said in the GG thread.

it's not the message that gets me, it's the timing.

why, with 13 games left, is GG having to teach this group basics and decision making and taking risks.

Some of these things seem like they should have been said on the bench, at the time.

[GullFoss]

This is a team that management believed would get 100 points. They're going to end up well short because GG is a garbage coach that limits quick transitions, north-south hockey, defence activation, and creativity. Its not the players; its the coach. The result of missing the playoffs was clearly predictable 12 games into the season because GG has them playing a style of hockey that is low intensity, passive and generates a lack of high quality scoring chances.

Hockey is meant to be played fast and hard. The flames play the opposite.

[timbit]

Still have to be curious as to why their road record is so remarkably good.

Same coaches and same players as at home.

Still haven’t got a response.

[Vinny01]

Originally Posted by Locke

My big issue is that its total garbage.

The team was dead, done and dusted before 3 minutes of the 1st period had elapsed.

Awesome.

A lot of hard work on the road trip and you serenade your home fans with that.

Guess what Glen...it isnt 100% on them. You're part of the team too.

"They just werent ready."

Neither were you Glen.

I absolutely agree. It is one thing when it is a rebuilding year but this was an all-in year. The Flames are 9-8-1 when I attend this year and that is a bad return on inventemt if you ask me.

This team has been so mentally fragile in the past 2 years and to me that is a coach that hasn’t forged an identity for his team 152 games into his tenure with the club.

It is laughable that he is having a practice where he feels the need to teach his group how they need to play at game 70. Gulutzan’s Flames are the definition of good on paper. They have a nice looking roster when you write it down, and they produce some pretty nifty graphs and charts that say this is a good team. The eye test and actual result tell a different story

[mikephoen]

Originally Posted by timbit

Still have to be curious as to why their road record is so remarkably good.

Same coaches and same players as at home.

Still haven’t got a response.

Why do you think it is way? You've been very hesitant to blame the coaches for anything all year, so you must think it's the players fault. So why are they so bad at home?

You seem to want to bring up the topic all the time, so you must have an opinion on it. Let's hear it.

[FurnaceFace]

Sitting there watching it live I didn’t think much of it. They did the drill for a few minutes, he stopped them which I assumed was normal to give the guys a breather and to reinforce or correct things. I assumed the F bombs were fairly normal especially after a loss.

You could tell he was unhappy and there were a couple of lines that did the drill where it wasn’t clean in my mind. I thought his directions were pretty normal and made sense to me. I don’t know why it’s turning into a big deal. Coach frustrated at team after a loss, coach reinforces need to start the game right, coach reinforces need to play smart. I could picture every coach in the league past or present doing and saying the same thing.

[dieHARDflameZ]

Originally Posted by timbit

Still have to be curious as to why their road record is so remarkably good.

Same coaches and same players as at home.

Still haven’t got a response.

Come on Timbit, obviously their road record is so good because of the players and their home record is so bad because of the coach.

[midniteowl]

Originally Posted by Locke

My big issue is that its total garbage.

The team was dead, done and dusted before 3 minutes of the 1st period had elapsed.

Awesome.

A lot of hard work on the road trip and you serenade your home fans with that.

Guess what Glen...it isnt 100% on them. You're part of the team too.

"They just werent ready."

Neither were you Glen.

This X2. You know, when I hear players come out and say stuff like, "we just have to out work the other team". Well, what about the coach say something like " I have to out coach the other team for once."

[dieHARDflameZ]

Originally Posted by FurnaceFace

Sitting there watching it live I didn’t think much of it. They did the drill for a few minutes, he stopped them which I assumed was normal to give the guys a breather and to reinforce or correct things. I assumed the F bombs were fairly normal especially after a loss.

You could tell he was unhappy and there were a couple of lines that did the drill where it wasn’t clean in my mind. I thought his directions were pretty normal and made sense to me. I don’t know why it’s turning into a big deal. Coach frustrated at team after a loss, coach reinforces need to start the game right, coach reinforces need to play smart. I could picture every coach in the league past or present doing and saying the same thing.

It’s really not a big deal but the media and some people are choosing to make it one. Smith talked about it after practice and it seemed pretty straight forward.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by dieHARDflameZ

Come on Timbit, obviously their road record is so good because of the players and their home record is so bad because of the coach.

Clearly it’s because GG is so bad at line matching at home. But free of his idiocy the team succeeds on the road when the other team has last change.

[Vinny01]

Originally Posted by dieHARDflameZ

Come on Timbit, obviously their road record is so good because of the players and their home record is so bad because of the coach.

No chance. Their home record is a reflection of the building they play in which is awful. If they had a nicer rink their record would be far better.

[dieHARDflameZ]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

Clearly it’s because GG is so bad at line matching at home. But free of his idiocy the team succeeds on the road when the other team has last change.

Ya it must be that. 100% dude, great take.

[dieHARDflameZ]

Originally Posted by Vinny01

No chance. Their home record is a reflection of the building they play in which is awful. If they had a nicer rink their record would be far better.

I’m sure I’m not alone in this but I’d be a lot more inclined to invest in a new arena when the on-ice product improves.