I know you're doubling down because of stuff you've said before, but with how Walman has played all season, you're just making yourself look like a fool. At this point it's not about quitting while you're ahead; just quit before you make yourself look even sillier.
There aren't enough players on the roster for this approach to be feasible, if it were being deployed fairly across the board with this roster. So why Walman? Feels to me like, unless we learn otherwise, he's being punished for trying to be a trouper and playing hurt and then making mistakes because of it.
Warsofsky has to send a message, especially since he elaborated after the game that they had specifically discussed the scenario that led to the game winner in their pre-scout. I'm sure Walman will be back against Minnesota.
Oh man I'd kill to be able to hear the conversation in the lockerroom...like a fly on the wal, man.
Nobody on this team has played well enough to be above criticism. I think the gap between Walman and Thompson is smaller than you're making it out to be.
I'm shivering under the covers with the heater on due to a chill from a bad cold, but this post is still the worst thing that has happened to me today
It’s not even noon yet, and the Sharks play tonight. Give it time.
Our defense isn’t good enough to just start healthy scratching guys just because they had a rough game. This is War trying to coach like Quinn instead of bringing his own identity.
Yikes I'm on a bad roll today. And remember my post likening Eklund's face to ugly man Mark Stone's? I can't unsee it.
That's the worst thing that happened to Eklund today
He probably is being punished for it and if he's going to play like he did to help cause the three goals against, he should not have continued playing. I believe Walman is being made an example of to a degree but also because it makes sense to give him an extra night to deal with the injury while also holding him accountable for his individual poor play in that game. I agree that they should hold more vets accountable over the course of the season but this is a reasonable course of action given the circumstances leading to it, imo.
I absolutely agree with this. If this is a one-off, it's perfectly fine and useful for the team and coach as a whole. I'm hoping the forced split of Ferraro and Rutta improves both players and is kept that way but I have my doubts. lol
Yup I liked that Coach kept quiet. Who knows we could be like the Kings organization, where the Coach benched Kevin Fiala in the third period of a game for being lazy, then healthy scratched him when he missed a team meeting the next morning. It becomes so newsworthy that up pops a Main Board thread about it lol. The same Kings organization that inplemented an elementary school gold star rewards system for PLD.
Or looked at a different way our defense is bad enough that subbing a defenseman in the lineup with one from the press box doesn't make much of a difference.
Walman has proven this season that he’s head and shoulders above the other d-men on this team. He’s also not elite so he’s going to have rough games. Scratching guys for that is just War trying, once again, to coach like he’s Quinn.
