Last year everyone was happy with the players Sweeney brought in.
This year Jones and Tuft haven't made the team and E. Lindholm, Zadorov, Koepke, and Johnson are currently playing, but far from the reason for the downfall.
Ullmark was traded for Kastelic and Korpisalo, both who have played better than expected.
The problem this year is the players who should be playing well are not; the problem is not on who was brought in.
Granted, this team currently needs a top six left wing.
But there is a much deeper problem here then simply changing players via call ups or trades.
This team should not be playing as poorly as it is; way too many team-wide fundamental breakdowns.
Maybe, and again - maybe, some of the players spent too much time this past summer wedding jumping and partying and never had a full summer of off season training.
If so, that's on them for not being in shape for camp.
20 games in it is clear conditioning is not the primary reason for poor play.
The breakdowns in team-wide structure and poor player performance are clearly a coaching issue.
It is the team-wide fundamental breakdowns that are causing so many problems from defensive coverage to lack of scoring to individual players underperforming.
For whatever multiple reasons, the current system and approach are not working.
The coach is responsible.
Change is inevitable.
That change begins with the coach.
