[News] Righting the ship: Ward's decision to change direction (Athletic)

[Mike F]

Good talk about talent taking a long time to learn how to win. How much does this apply to the Flames?

[IliketoPuck]

Originally Posted by dangler22

Gulutzan was the absolute worst coach ever. Good guy or not, he wasted two seasons of our prime aged players.

Also Gibson is still prime Gibson. He's only 26 years old and although it's not his best year he's still easily one of the best goalies in the league. Problem is the team is absolute garbage.

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And he did his absolute best to turn Bennett into a checking forward. I will never forgive him for that.

Comes in as a rookie under hartley and looked like there was something. Then.....checking forward under glue gun.

[Gaskal]

Yeah that was stupid of Glen, but at least he, for a time, tried out Gaudreau with Bennett at center for a while. They had an absolute monster of a game in Johnny's first game back from his broken thumb, that 8-3 shelling of the Ducks on Dome ice.

Then Chiasson vanished, Bennett had ridiculously bad puck luck and Johnny couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. Oh well.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Mike F

Good talk about talent taking a long time to learn how to win. How much does this apply to the Flames?

I think significantly applicable.

[united]

Well I'm glad someone finally realized that taking a player whose best assets, by far, are his defensive decision making and anticipation, and putting him in the position that utilizes those assets the least was a poor choice. Then you add the fact that this player struggles to generate offensive for himself and it compounds into a line where the centre is weak defensively, and one of the wingers is weak offensively, and shockingly things don't work out.

Play players to their strengths, not weaknesses. Rocket appliances.