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Surreylily:
--- Quote from: KollieOlizig on Saturday February 22, 2020, 08:54:24 PM Eastern --- I'm with Surreylily
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Lol! :lmao:
But what do you thiink is the problem? IS it coaching?
Who would you want as a replcement?
Surreylily:
I'm going to be my usual self and suggest Alan May as our next Head coach.
In the same beath.... almost... 'm going to be very uncharacteritic and say,,, maybe not so much.
I think he could be a GREAT coach. In time. Just not now and not for us, just yet anyway....
He's great at analyzing our play, for sure. Analyzing and putting into play are two different things.
I adore :hearts: :hearts: :hearts: Alan May, as I'm sure you all kno by now. but HC. I don't think so. I shall tell you why.
There has been a trend here with our team of employing FIRST TIME head coaches.
This has NOT gone well.
The one and only time we got an EXPERIeNCED coach we won THE Cup.
NUFF SAID
This experiment with fiirst time coaches should be over by now, imho. It doesn't work. It hasn't worked for YEARS.
Surreylily:
To clarify.... I owuld not have a problem if Alan May came in as an interim coach, if supported by Dale Hunter especially. GOD knows our D needs some workk. But he is not a lond term solution, i dont think.
KollieOlizig:
--- Quote from: Surreylily on Saturday February 22, 2020, 09:07:32 PM Eastern ---Lol! :lmao:
But what do you thiink is the problem? IS it coaching?
Who would you want as a replcement?
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I would say the problem is more related to coaching. There is no structure with this team. We have serious problems with gap control. Both horizontal and vertical. Too much space between our defencemen and too much space between our defencemen and forwards.
Alot of the problems we are having getting out of our zone is because there is too much cheating in our game. Our forwards quite often leave the zone early. So way too often our defencemen have limited options, forcing our defence to attempt low percentage passes. Like all the stretch passes they attempt.
We are struggling defensively but that starts with puck management. Way too many turnovers all over the ice. Most of the odd man rushes we are giving up start in the offensive zone caused from a turnover entering the zone. Players trying to get too cute.
If it was one happening to a couple players I wouldn't say the problem was coaching but it's happening to alot of players on a regular basis.
Alan May commented on how the Arizona Coyotes are over coached. Everything is by the book. The Caps are under coached. Too much improvising in our game.
KollieOlizig:
--- Quote from: Surreylily on Saturday February 22, 2020, 09:35:28 PM Eastern ---To clarify.... I owuld not have a problem if Alan May came in as an interim coach, if supported by Dale Hunter especially. GOD knows our D needs some workk. But he is not a lond term solution, i dont think.
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I've wondered about Alan May coaching. He knows the game very well.
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