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Tigger said:
Potvin29 said:
Coaching can lead to the team being bogged down and appear to have no legs.
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Yeah, I dunno, professional players should be giving a better effort overall and I'm seeing a fair bit of half heart and brain farts. Changing the coach at this point seems fairly irrelevant to me, face punchers aside and unpopular an opinion as that might be.
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But why was this never an issue before Carlyle came aboard?  It's been gradually turning into this ever since he arrived.
 
Potvin29 said:
But why was this never an issue before Carlyle came aboard?  It's been gradually turning into this ever since he arrived.
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I'm not convinced it was 'never' an issue but it seems like a bit of a descent this year so far. Right now they are weak down the middle, no Bolland and half a Bozak... and maybe they started to assume the goalies would keep bailing them out?

It's hard to know for sure, I'm not in the room but I doubt they're really tuning out Carlyle, it's probably a bit of everything right now.

...and Raymond, yay
 
Tigger said:
Potvin29 said:
But why was this never an issue before Carlyle came aboard?  It's been gradually turning into this ever since he arrived.
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I'm not convinced it was 'never' an issue but it seems like a bit of a descent this year so far. Right now they are weak down the middle, no Bolland and half a Bozak... and maybe they started to assume the goalies would keep bailing them out?

It's hard to know for sure, I'm not in the room but I doubt they're really tuning out Carlyle, it's probably a bit of everything right now.

...and Raymond, yay
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You just have to look at the shots for/against the past seasons.  This started getting really bad towards the end of last season and has simply continued this season.


Unrelated: Rielly quietly has 9 assists this year.
 
Just a coincidence I'm sure, but Holland switches with Bozak and the top line has their best shift of the game.

Again, just a coincidence.
 
Potvin29 said:
You just have to look at the shots for/against the past seasons.  This started getting really bad towards the end of last season and has simply continued this season.
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Sure, but this certainly has been magnified during a time when they're short/have been very short on talent in a key area, at centre. Also, they're just not nearly physical enough for me overall and it's tough to teach physical.

Didn't the team fall off a cliff under Wilson too?
 
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