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Originally Posted by transplant99
So you mean GG doesn't tell his team to go out and sit back?
That it just might be on the players to stop doing such?
No way!
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You know, it just might be that there are multiple variables here, that it isn't as simple as the coach saying "go sit back" or not saying "go sit back"
Obviously, no coach is going to tell his team to sit back (idiocy to suggest it). However, the players do what the coach tells them to do. And we have 2/3s of a season of evidence now:
With the lead in the third, they play
really conservatively. They hardly ever press. When the D gain the puck in the defensive zone, they flip it out to center (even when there are open forwards to pass to). If they get the puck in the neutral zone, they dump it in and forecheck
very defensively.
I could go on, but just watch their style of play. They play a super conservative style.
And the result of that (even though it isn't the intent), is that they stop skating. And the other team gains momentum because the play is always moving forward (for them).
It drives me crazy how black and white some fans are. It isn't just this or just that. There can be (and there are) a lot of things going on at the same time. ONE of them is that they play really conservatively with the lead. Yes, it is on the players to continue to play well and continue to move their feet. But the nature of that strategy is that it tends to tilt the ice against you. This isn't news.
Nine blown leads in the 3rd period in the last 17 games suggests this might be a trend. Maybe it is all on the players, but to me, that style of play leads to these results.
It is fine to disagree. But why do people need to post with sarcasm or virtriol? Why do things have to be black or white? Why can't there be discussions about what is going well and what is going not so well at the same time?