Ya, I see the nuance there and I don't disagree with a lot of that. I got the same impression from his comments. I do think that these things don't disclude the other from potentially being true and that theoretically their arguments could still hold water, but of course its not possible to know from our vantage point.
I think the results have been unspectacular enough that I can't blame anyone rationally wanting a different coach. Nor have they been catastrophic enough, given the circumstances of bad rosters, to say he can't be kept.
I guess my point was when Brady and Timmy came out and talked about DJ, folks in here were quick to throw it away as ‘well what were they going to say’ type thing.
When his fellow team Canada head coach heaped praise this spring it was also thrown away as ‘of course he says that’.
Now we have Boro, unprovoked sharing a candid opinion of the man, and his presence in the room, along with his desire to have been coached longer by him.
Seems fair to surmise that from what we hear from those who work with him and play under him, that he’s a good man and a good coach.
What I think is on display is that HF armchair coaches don’t know shit about coaching in the NHL, dont know shit about what goes on behind the scenes, and don’t have the ability to link what they see in a game on TV to what the coaching staff is doing. All they can really do is look at wins and losses and reach for the pitchforks (the fans lot for certain).
I mean it’s typical fan behaviour for sure, folks just try and play it off as knowledge based these days instead of ignorance and emotional based that its always been, and still is.
It’s like, be a fan, know your just a fan, and embrace it. When did everyone start thinking they were experts? It comes across as so ridiculous to me.