So I had the local NBCSN feed with all the regulars...which I'm assuming most of yuns did.
I managed to wake from the drowsey 3rd period and stay tuned for the talking heads. (one of them is more than just head...ahem....Jordan Giorgio)
Anyway,
Alan May was a bit fired up. While most of the folks were yacking about getting more out of the players and this is on the players, Alan May put this on the coaches.
"These guys were not ready to play (coach's fault). They were unprepared. They had no scheme...No changes were made other than random line changes throwing guys together with no practice". He also said they looked tired in the third and that's the training staff/coaching fault.
I like May in that he sometimes tells it like it is and doesn't tow the party line.
I don't put this all on coaching. The players have to play. They all looked tired, uninterested and lost. THe uninterested I put on the players. The lost.....well that's on the coach.
Even when (if) we get swept in the 1st round, I don't see the Caps making a coaching change due to this silly year. I think the only way they get a new coach is if Ovie or some others demand it, and I don't see that happening either
I don't blame TR for all this teams failures and short comings, but I also don't ever expect a Cup out of him with this team. And IF a SC is your goal, then you need to put the parts in place to make that a realistic opportunity. I don't see it with TR. He's not horrible, but he's not great.
