It has been a while since I've last posted, due to a variety of problems and things happening in my life. But I need to get back to what I like to do and that's talk hockey. So let's start with all this crap about the Penguins needing to change their coach to change their fortunes.
Stupidest idea I've heard in a long time!! Here's a guy, Michael Terrien, who takes a team that was not expected to go past the first round of last year's Stanley Cup Playoffs, to within two wins of taking home the silverware. Now that the team is struggling with poor play, injuries and a tough schedule, it's time to lop off the head. King Henry plays for the Rangers, and isn't working for the Penguins. Why is it when a team isn't performing up to it's standards, the first solution is remove the coach? Because it's the EASIEST thing to do. Not the BEST thing.
What the Penguins should have done in the preseason was to get titanium bodies fitted for each player so that there would be far fewer injuries. Or maybe they could have asked the Hockey God to give then an easy schedule, say play the Senators (sorry Dan), Islanders and the Thrashers 40 or so times this year.
What I see is an organization that years ago was criticized for not having a very good farm system, be able to call up far too many players, who have come in and kept a strong team, very solid. I see a coach who has to figure out, sometimes within games, how to juggle his lines because someone else gets hurt. I see a TEAM that is learning the hard way to stick together when the going gets tough.
What I really see is a good head coach, massaging his team's heart, making it stronger for the time when his team is intact and ready for the grueling playoffs. What I don't see is panic.
Thank God for that.
Stupidest idea I've heard in a long time!! Here's a guy, Michael Terrien, who takes a team that was not expected to go past the first round of last year's Stanley Cup Playoffs, to within two wins of taking home the silverware. Now that the team is struggling with poor play, injuries and a tough schedule, it's time to lop off the head. King Henry plays for the Rangers, and isn't working for the Penguins. Why is it when a team isn't performing up to it's standards, the first solution is remove the coach? Because it's the EASIEST thing to do. Not the BEST thing.What the Penguins should have done in the preseason was to get titanium bodies fitted for each player so that there would be far fewer injuries. Or maybe they could have asked the Hockey God to give then an easy schedule, say play the Senators (sorry Dan), Islanders and the Thrashers 40 or so times this year.What I see is an organization that years ago was criticized for not having a very good farm system, be able to call up far too many players, who have come in and kept a strong team, very solid. I see a coach who has to figure out, sometimes within games, how to juggle his lines because someone else gets hurt. I see a TEAM that is learning the hard way to stick together when the going gets tough.What I really see is a good head coach, massaging his team's heart, making it stronger for the time when his team is intact and ready for the grueling playoffs. What I don't see is panic.
Thank God for that.
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