Coach Discussion: Warsofsky

[Star Platinum]

Since there's been a lot of talk lately about our coach, I figured it was time he had his own thread.

I'm particularly interested to hear from those who think he's doing a good job to explain what they see that they like. And don't just give the throwaway line of "The goal differential is much better." That can be and probably should be explained by the roster being a lot better than last year (even if it still stinks relative to the rest of the league).

Tell me what you see that gives you confidence. Or if you don't, say what you don't like.

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[OrrNumber4]

It's a difficult question. His job is not to win today, but to help build a team that will win a couple of years down the road. How do you evaluate that, especially as a fan from afar?

I will say that aside from Celebrini and Smith, I'm extremely disappointed with how San Jose's pro prospects have looked. Maybe I overestimated their talent, but hasn't everyone taken a step back this season? Perhaps this is an orthogonal, GM/scouting talent-evaluation issue. But insofar as it is an issue of development, Warsofsky is the head coach and bears some responsibility.

Drafting and development is the key to winning. Championship-caliber teams find elite, if not franchise-caliber talent outside of lottery picks. We already know that Mike Grier completely missed one guy...

 

[vortexy]

I think Warso started the 4th line for all 3 periods tonight and I don't really understand it? We had home ice so we have last change and I would understand if Nashville opens with their 4th line, but at the beginning of the second period, after having momentum from the last 2 goals in the first period, we start the 4th line against Nashvilles 1st line and of course get burned by it and give up an early goal as the 4th line gets stuck in the Dzone for almost 2 minutes. I feel like you are just gifting Nashville this mismatch.

 

[mogambomoroo]

I'm not going to defend or attack Warsofsky at this point, I will give him another year before some real judging. I think he is trying things out as an first time NHL coach and I admit some of the things don't work at all. The line blender is one I don't really like, but it's a developmental year. Next year should be a lot different.
I think Goodrow is mostly on MG, it would make sense to bench him once in a while but that 3.6 mil seems to have a weight in the decision making, I see no other reason.