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alta:
--- Quote from: richkrt99 on Tuesday February 25, 2020, 02:16:25 PM Eastern ---I admit freely that I have never looked at a Bull's asshole :)
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you've obviously never spent any time in a barnyard
PUCKNRUSH:
--- Quote from: richkrt99 on Tuesday February 25, 2020, 02:16:25 PM Eastern ---I admit freely that I have never looked at a Bull's asshole :)
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LMFAO, Rich!!😂🤣😂
I confess.
I believe I was around 19 or 20 yrs old. Don’t really remember how me and few buddies wound up walking through a cow pasture! (Could be that we were all a bit “micro dotted”, at the time!😆
My buddy had a flashlight, and in near complete darkness we heard a big long SPLAT_SPLAT!!
He swung the flashlight beam over to the sound and...WHOA MOMMA!!
(Yeah we saw it)!😂🤣😂
Rush
richkrt99:
For Lil's sake, I have reposted this in the "proper" thread....
You guys are all high and living in Fantasy Land if you think TR will be fired this season/
What viable reason would you give for firing? Stating "because he sucks" is not a viable reason.
What grounds do you have for firing the guy? Because the Caps are in lowly 1st place in the division? Because they are only 3rd in the entire NHL?
Oh, maybe because our superstar Ovi is struggling mightily with this system and can't score goals and draw in fans anymore?
You don't fire a guy cause he's tall and goofy and the board fans don't like him. If there was a team dynamic that caused the players to turn on him, then okay, but that has NOT happened with this team.
I don't believe TR is a great coach. I never liked the choice, but understand the process and commitment the team made to him.
Having said that, there's no way they fire him at this point in the season based on the level of success (more importantly standings points) the team has this year.
The caps have 18 games left. What veteran coach would want to come in at this point to a team that fired a head coach that was in 1st place? What effective changes could he make with essentially 4 weeks left in the season? Not saying it isn't possible, but it won't happen.
For better or worse, the Caps are committed to the horse they rode in on at this point.
I doubt very much the Caps would even fire TR after we fail to progress in the playoffs (again).
Mickstix:
Ship has sailed on a new HC this year. But if they continue to look lethargic, get bounced early in the playoffs, he'll probably be replaced in the offseason. I don't know if it's the system or what, but they just don't respond to TR.. This team looks vastly different, in the way it looses, compared to past year slumps. This team never has energy, doesn't forecheck, rarely hits, have terrible (repeated) breakdowns in their own end, has a stagnant PP that never evolves past putting different bodies in the same spots, etc..
No creativity going on, just hope the stretch pass connects a couple times a game and maybe Ovie beats a goalie with a 1 timer.. Pretty much all they have to offer. Hard work is a double four letter word with this group. Coaching could probably change that, for at least a little while. But starting off with a pond hockey system, that has early (division leading) success, then expecting them to turn up the work ethic and start playing responsible is a pipe dream for this group, coming from a bozo coach.. Just is what it is.
KollieOlizig:
--- Quote from: Mickstix on Friday February 28, 2020, 01:05:45 PM Eastern ---Ship has sailed on a new HC this year. But if they continue to look lethargic, get bounced early in the playoffs, he'll probably be replaced in the offseason. I don't know if it's the system or what, but they just don't respond to TR.. This team looks vastly different, in the way it looses, compared to past year slumps. This team never has energy, doesn't forecheck, rarely hits, have terrible (repeated) breakdowns in their own end, has a stagnant PP that never evolves past putting different bodies in the same spots, etc..
No creativity going on, just hope the stretch pass connects a couple times a game and maybe Ovie beats a goalie with a 1 timer.. Pretty much all they have to offer. Hard work is a double four letter word with this group. Coaching could probably change that, for at least a little while. But starting off with a pond hockey system, that has early (division leading) success, then expecting them to turn up the work ethic and start playing responsible is a pipe dream for this group, coming from a bozo coach.. Just is what it is.
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You mentioned our stagnant pp. It has obviously been a huge concern. Early on the PP was going well but teams adjusted and the unit has become mediocre. Reirden tried a few different looks but without much success.
They tried using Vrana on the top unit over Kuzy. That didn't really work. They have had Ovi and Carlson switch sides with limited success. The most successful unit in recent games was putting Wilson in over Kuzy or Vrana and causing havoc in front of the net. It was more of an old school type of pp. Lastnight they went back to Vrana on the top unit and it just doesn't work on a consistent basis. Vrana just isn't good enough at retrieving pucks. And he is way too soft to be a presence in front of the net.
They have also been messing with Kovalchuk on the PP. Trying him in different spots.
I like the first unit of Ovi, Backstrom, Carlson, Oshie and Wilson. And if they want to change it up they could put in Kuzy over Wilson, which was the first unit to start the season. The 2nd unit I'd go with Ovi, Orlov, Kuzy, Eller and Kovalchuk. I wouldn't use Vrana on the PP at all.
What do you guys think?
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