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based on how they play i'd say half have the zika virus, 20% are afflicted with the plague, and all of them are dyslexic.
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based on how they play i'd say half have the zika virus, 20% are afflicted with the plague, and all of them are dyslexic.
100% correct. But the DT Supporters put on the blinders and earplugs when someone tries to explain or educate them. .
I'm sure in some ways Tippett is sheltering and rounding kids out. In other ways he's probably stunting them and bastardizing the end product. It's probably a little of column A and a little of column B.
Youngsters & Results This Season:
1. Domi: Exceeded expectations
2. Duke: Exceeded expectations
3. Toby: Exceeded expectations
4. Nook: Exceeded expectations
5. KCon: Exceeded expectations
6. Louis: Exceeded expectations
7. OEL: Met expectations
8. Murph: Met expectations
9. Stone: Met expectations
10. Dahlbeck: Below expectations
some of Tippett criticism is legit but a lot of it is based on things that happened before this season. The point being if you were going to fire him, the time was then not 2-3 years after the issue. If you reset (and that's what we did by not making a change) after last years debacle and judge things on the basis of expectations for this season I'm not sure those arguments to change hold water.
Murphy has been a huge revelation this year. He's definitely progressed.
Dahlbeck was in AHL last year and was always projected to be the bottom pairing D that he's looked like this year.
Very, very early returns (single season) are good. I do agree, though, that it's hard to project whether the current staff is actually going to be a net positive in the longer term, as it relates to development of these kids. I can't disagree, though, that it at least LOOKS quite positive at this point.
I mostly just have a grudge and pent up anger towards coaching and management. Too much frustration and disappointment. Also, the pro Tippett argument here is so goddamned weak. And his supporters are just terrible at presenting their case. That doesn't help. I wish his lucid supporters on forum 40 were more vocal and his vocal supporters were more lucid.
I've seen teams time and again change coaches in order to light a fire under players. I've seen teams change managers to better the performance of the coaching, as the Bulls did when they hired Jackson.
It's not that I'm a blind DT supporter, but that I believe that the blame for those bad years rests far more on the GM's shoulders. Maloney should have been fired a few years ago, like hbk noted about Tippett. I think that after his work putting together this season's roster he does not deserve to be fired. That time came and went.
Somewhere in all the instability, ownership or NHL decided that stability in the coach and GM trumped performance over these past years. That's why, IMO, both Tippett and Maloney are still here.
Net results based on expectations. Dahlbeck was excellent last year and was maybe the worst defenseman that played in enough games to count this season. He was bad most nights. I don't even really want him in the team next season.
We all expected Murphy to take a big step forward. He regressed until about Christmas or the new year. He took one giant step back and then two giant steps forward. As a result, I have him as a "meets". If you think about how far he's come since October, he's an "exceeds". But if you think of how far he's come since last April, it's just a "meets". I had high hopes. On the net, it was a good year. If you shrink your sample size enough, it was a great year. I'm not doing that.
You consider moving from 6th in the Central, to 2nd in the Central with 104 points to be a lateral move?
Let's not forget that every person who responded to my question on HF Preds still prefers Laviolette over Trotz despite Washington's success. Most of them said Trotz is a great man and a great coach, but it was time for a change.
I agree. I just see the point of such an expertise. Why was this decision made? I think it has to do with a very green ownership group and a very yellow general manager. That doesn't sit well with me. Tippett deserved to be fired and wasn't. And now he doesn't really deserve to be fired. It knocks my sense of what's just off kilter and makes me uncomfortable. Not only am I annoyed but I'm worried about what it means. Will all of DT's bosses always kowtow to him? Like forever? It's as worrisome as it is bothersome for me.
Tippett on the other hand has a .437 point percentage, for the last 4 consecutive years, dating back to 2012. Three of those seasons, management was all-in on trying to make the playoffs.
Literally just asked this question on HF Predators an hour ago, and so far literally every response has been that while Trotz is a very good coach, it was absolutely time that the Predators move on from him, even when considering Washington's success this year.
Every coach has a shelf life, no matter how good they are.
I agree. I just see the point of such an excercise. Why was this decision made? I think it has to do with a very green ownership group and a very yellow general manager. That doesn't sit well with me. Tippett deserved to be fired and wasn't. And now he doesn't really deserve to be fired. It knocks my sense of what's just off kilter and makes me uncomfortable. Not only am I annoyed but I'm worried about what it means. Will all of DT's bosses always kowtow to him? Like forever? It's as worrisome as it is bothersome for me.
I agree. I just see the point of such an excercise. Why was this decision made? I think it has to do with a very green ownership group and a very yellow general manager. That doesn't sit well with me. Tippett deserved to be fired and wasn't. And now he doesn't really deserve to be fired. It knocks my sense of what's just off kilter and makes me uncomfortable. Not only am I annoyed but I'm worried about what it means. Will all of DT's bosses always kowtow to him? Like forever? It's as worrisome as it is bothersome for me.
I've said it before and I'll keep saying it, coaches get fired when they fail to meet expectations. Boudreau was coaching a cup contender, Tippet coaches a lottery contender. There's a very big difference.
I'm moving this here so another thread doesn't go off-topic and to help avoid the playing of the moderator by those who aren't a moderator.
http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2064119&page=10
This is overly simplistic. BB was fired from 2 teams where coaching really isn't the problem but the GM and the players are more the problem. The Capitals haven't made it past the 2nd Round in quite sometime and not even the current coach can get the team past the 2nd Round. Will the Caps make it to the ECF this time around? We'll see! If they don't, then BB looks more like the better coach seeing that he has success with finally getting to a conference final last season with a different team though out in the 1st round this time around.
Tippett was never expected to coach a team to the best lotto pick possible but was always expected to make the playoffs and more regardless of what he has to deal with. His shelf-life with the team has been gone for quite sometime. BB is a much better fit than Tippett now for this franchise and Tippett should go somewhere else.