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TrueBlueGED

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  1. Yea, I think we can all agree "better than Edmonton on paper but worse in results" is not a good place to be. Separately, if McLellan and LA have been talking for awhile but nothing is done yet, it seems to me McLellan really wants a better roster situation than LA has.
  2. Unfortunately, the same can be said for us. Sign me up for McBotts.
  3. I don't want to poop in your lunch here, but the Oilers PP was bad. Anyway, I think there's a lot to like from his SJ days and very little to like from his EDM days. So who knows.
  4. I can't post all of the numbers right now, but his Edmonton teams were bottom-10 in the important stuff. I honestly don't know what to make of it. I was a big fan of his after San Jose (he was my 2nd choice to Babcock), but his Edmonton tenure was wholly unimpressive. Of course, godspeed to anyone who thinks they can meaningfully separate his coaching from Chiarelli gradually trading away the entire worthwhile supporting cast.
  5. Yea well, Risto's play broke us. Note: By "us," I mean people like me who supported him and expected him to grow and justify the contract. Whoops.
  6. In before the rampant overreaction to canned player statements.
  7. So, are you saying the biggest problem with this team was effort? I saw plenty of trying hard. I can count on one hand the number of nights I recall them just not showing up. Lots of mistakes, lots of cluelessness, etc. But effort? I think the effort was there. I certainly don't think lack of effort left 10 wins on the table, which is what it would have taken for this team to be in the playoffs. Also, a few more wins through sheer will could easily be offset by a few more losses through sheer lack of tactics.
  8. If Paul Hamilton's reporting is to be believed (always an open question), Housley did plenty of this behind the scenes. All accounts are he had the respect of the team. And it didn't work. Edit: what the team really needs, in my estimation, is a coach who has the acumen to coach to the talent on the team. It's why I point to Boudreau if he gets canned, a guy who has won with vastly different rosters. Housley's biggest flaw is he didn't realize what he did and was a part of in Nashville worked because it fit with the blue line they had, not through some outstanding practice sessions with lesser players.
  9. I could easily argue a "yeller" is just as likely to make the players tune out entirely if maturity is that big of a problem. I just don't really think the style of coach is all that important. From all accounts, Housley did plenty of yelling during practice and it didn't matter.
  10. They do win games for us. Swap out Eichel, Reinhart, Skinner, and Dahlin for low skill grinders and we'd be the tank teams (ya know, teams that won a lot less).
  11. Death, taxes, and JJ hyping something involving the Panthers. You were right on Gallant, I'll give you that, but you've also been wrong on a whole lot of Panthers hype ?
  12. The grinders love him. There's no evidence the high skill players that actually win games love him.
  13. Bylsma didn't. He was bad, too. I'm not against hiring an experienced coach, but to say experience matters so much that you'd just say no to a stellar up and comer is really the wrong way to go about it. Teams are about to get a treasure trove of information with player tracking. I want a coach who can understand it and exploit it to his team's advantage. I want someone who understands the NHL in 2019, not 2009. And so on.
  14. I think the system a coach implements matters. And it's not limited to the Sabres. Darryl Sutter won two Cups in LA and that team was regularly a possession monster, but they were also a very low shooting percentage team during his tenure. Don't think it could be said that they lacked talent. Expanding on this a little, the Sabres were 16th in the league in high danger shot generation over the course of Bylsma's 2 seasons. Housley's 2 season? They were 29th. Only the Canucks and Kings were worse. They were going to the right areas at least at a mediocre level, then Housley came in, and it tanked. I might not be able to break down a system like Flagg, but I do think they matter for what players do on the ice.
  15. I just don't think it's wise to de facto exclude an entire group of candidates.
  16. Yes, Bylsma was a splendid hire. And Jon Cooper? Who wants to find the next one of him?
  17. I hope my post above clarified. It doesn't seem to me that Botterill had decided to move on until very recently. I could give a hoot about actually firing him versus just letting him coach out the string. Again, I could be off on that as it's pure speculation. I meant getting a new coach as in making a change, not necessarily the specific one he'd land. Anyway, moving forward, I am concerned about the timeline in Botterill's head irrespective of its effect on Quenneville. Did it really take until late March or early April for him to know Housley had to go? If so, yikes.
  18. I don't mean the actual firing, I mean the decision to move on. Listening to the respective GMs it strikes me Tallon knew he was getting a new coach before Botterill. It's also entirely possible I'm just being cranky about missing out on my preferred coach again and feel the need to complain.
  19. I'm not suggesting hiring someone. I'm suggesting that if the decision was made sooner we'd have gotten the same jump in finding a replacement that Florida did. Spoiler alert: they're all going.
  20. Translation: Dale Tallon hopes to close quickly now that he has completion. As an aside, this is why you make a move on Housley sooner than the last game of the season. So you don't miss out on the big fish.
  21. Do you think the team underachieved because they weren't scared of the coach?
  22. Miller and Campbell weren't real all-stars? Nonsense. Ruff was a good coach. I'm not disagreeing. I'm fighting back against this fantasy that he regularly got more out his teams than talent would dictate. Those 05-07 teams were crazy deep and constructed perfectly to take advantage of the rule changes.
  23. Did that only happen under Housley? Because his non-shootout performance under Bylsma was just fine.
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