I mean I agree with much of this. Personally I’m not sure how much the coach is right because much of what is done takes time to filter through to a player’s game, and I am not party to any information on which decisions are made. Neither is anyone else in here.
In terms of vet players playing at the beginning of the year, it seems popular to argue that had the kids played from the start that we would have seen the same time of games we play today, from the start. The idea being that the coaches held us back.
This completely ignores any kind of important development process at all. Playing those guys leading up to the deadline and then trading them also seems to indicate that perhaps showcasing was a directive from the GM? Who knows. My perspective tends to be more along the lines that since these guys are professionals there is likely a reason for playing them beyond them being dumb (often said on here) or simply thinking that they are better and thus holding the kids back. All indications from the owner to the coaching staff in Belleville has been that developing our teeming ranks of high level prospects is the priority, so I personally take that to be the case in absence of really any evidence to the contrary.
Coaches aren’t infallible, and neither are aerospace engineers, as we often see when aircraft is faulty. Speculating can be fun, but it goes a lot further in here to where people insult the coaches for being dumb/wrong etc, with little to no supporting evidence (not saying that is you). In my opinion those takes deserve to be challenged aggressively.
