Before the tournament, I wrote that it would be interesting to see if there were any losing matches and how Jalonen would cope. What will he do differently until the next match, how will the formations change or how will the team prepare mentally? Well, I think team indiscipline is the worst thing that can happen. If rumors are true about physical contact between players.
Looking back, practically every winning Czech team had a captain who was the coach's right hand man. Reichel, a player and a man who could match the cabin according to his own and the needs of the coach and the team, had this role for a long time. Today, there is no such person, no one is a personality that other players would go for. I always thought that the Czechs have a great party in tournaments, that even if they can't manage one or two matches in a group, the strength of the team will eventually eliminate all problems.
I would also wait with criticism of Jalonen. After ten years, it is not easy to live, work and watch hockey again in a country where he has lost contact. And even if he left this tournament after losing in the quarterfinals, I would not demand his dismissal. In six weeks or how much time the team definitely didn't have time to meet all the players, what kind of people are they off the ice. And I have a strong impression that if Jalonen decides on something, he is outvoted by the assistants and the GM. That's one vote against three. If the Finnish assistant succeeds, the situation may be different. Anyway, this tournament about Jalonen's qualities won't say anything at all.
Just a small side note ... if there are rumors that two players have fought, it should not be made public.
