100% agree with this. There are some REAL head scratchers in there, but the important factor for me is that Bowman was successful in an uber-challenging situation by filling out the roster in 2013-15 and built teams that put them in a position to win the Cup. (Not his fault in 2014 that the linesman miss a blatant off-side call and the Hawks would have stomped the Rangers in the finals). That was really difficult, and there are several recent teams which show just how difficult it is (Avs & TB as 2 teams with incredible cores that have struggled after they have to make difficult choices and pay the "Cup Tax").
It’s not a comparison. It’s the fact that the professional athletic world is held to different standards.
Anyone who actually watched the Oilers in the playoffs knows Nurse is not a "solid second pairing guy".
Yeah you are right about the standards, Bowman should be given another chance, Watson shouldn't have. 1 actually committed a crime, the other didn't even come close.
And to the people saying he inherited the core, that may be true but as we saw in 2011, 2012, 2014, and 2016...roster depth is a limiting factor in playoff success. The core was always there, but in the years we didn't have roster depth we didn't win.
watching games is overrated. just because you put eyeballs to a screen doesn’t mean you have any special claim to epistemic verisimilitude. either way, i will reiterate, judging him as a bottom pair defenseman or worse is hyperbolic. if he makes less money, plays a lesser role, and has a better partner than cody ceci, i sincerely doubt he gets nearly as much criticism.
looks can be deceiving. my point is that just gesturing at the eye test isn’t an argument, no matter how much people want it to be.
what nurse is supposed to be doesn’t concern me. what he is, in my view, is a second pair guy making top pair money playing with bottom pair guys because the oil’s d core is ass.
i believe all three of those players are better than ceci. bogo and rutta are arguable, but schenn for sure. but that’s beside the point. my contention is that nurse is paid like a “great” hedman level player when he’s not. you expect a 9 million dollar player to elevate mediocre to bad players. you don’t expect it to the same extent from a 4.5 million 18 minute a night dman.
The stats watching thing is shtick. It's a bit he's done since he got here. He's not being serious.
