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I’m a strong believer in fearing your coach. You should be afraid. The coach should have the ability to scare his team into compliance. They should fear making a mistake. And they should be afraid of eachother as well. These players are none of that.

But before that, they need to know what to do. Not sure they even know that
 
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In 7 games, they've been outshot once. They have not quit on DJ. They looked plenty hungry last night. They were just beat by one of the best goalies in the world.
 
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Burrowsaurus said:
I’m a strong believer in fearing your coach. You should be afraid. The coach should have the ability to scare his team into compliance. They should fear making a mistake. And they should be afraid of eachother as well. These players are none of that.

But before that, they need to know what to do. Not sure they even know that
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Have you played sports? Playing scared is not a recipe for success.
 
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Guuse said:
There was a lot to like from the first 5 games, the Buffalo game some bad habits started to happen, that carried over into yesterdays game. Looked like a team that didn’t have a lot of confidence.
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We're a young team, 6013 nhl games combined experience, 43% of which comes from 3 players, Giroux, Hamonic, and Tarasenko.

inconsistency is going to happen
 
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BoardsofCanada said:
Have you played sports? Playing scared is not a recipe for success.
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I have. Played better when there was a consequence. When there was a teammate that maybe I didn’t get along with and knew I might hear about a duck up at oractice. Or that a coach might bench me.

You need to have fear. Winning requires sacrifice. You don’t sacrifice if you’re comfortable

True accountability.

These guys have such little fight. And such little focus. They simply have it too easy
 
BoardsofCanada said:
In 7 games, they've been outshot once. They have not quit on DJ. They looked plenty hungry last night. They were just beat by one of the best goalies in the world.
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No, they were absolutely dominated in the first and could have been well more than 2-0. Dzone structure was abysmal

They also had 8 power plays on the comeback. You can’t start playing when you’re already down, in the game and in the season. We have talent, we rely on talent and momentum. Special teams and d Zone Structure is trash, that’s coaching

Everybody likes DJ, he’s just bad coach and should be replaced immediately .

The fact that he is the 2nd longest tenured coach in franchise history is laughable. This is his FIFTH season

Fire him now
 
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Burrowsaurus said:
I’m a strong believer in fearing your coach. You should be afraid. The coach should have the ability to scare his team into compliance. They should fear making a mistake. And they should be afraid of eachother as well. These players are none of that.

But before that, they need to know what to do. Not sure they even know that
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I think the players know what the coaching staff wants them to do.

Based on what I have observed, the players are expected to back check into the D zone and collapse to the low slot area in front of the net. Close coverage of incoming opponent players seems not be a requirement because they seldom do that.

So I think part of the problem is systemic (i.e., the coaching strategy and expectations).

I do not agree that the players should "fear" the coach. They should be aware that they will be held accountable if they do not perform as required by the coaching staff. The accountability could take several forms including but not limited to friendly reminders, shift sitting, benching for a few shifts or period, one-on-one meeting with the coach, extra work at practice, healthy scratch, trade).
 
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BoardsofCanada said:
In 7 games, they've been outshot once. They have not quit on DJ. They looked plenty hungry last night. They were just beat by one of the best goalies in the world.
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They played abysmal last night. Team can't make a pass worth a damn.
 
ottawagm said:
Evidence that statistics don't win hockey games? Although how is our GAA / Sv%?
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You're right, statistics don't win hockey games.

However, they can be predictors of future performance.

There are 7 games behind us, and 75 games ahead of us. At this point in the season, I'm more concerned with our future performance than our past performance.
 
Burrowsaurus said:
I have. Played better when there was a consequence. When there was a teammate that maybe I didn’t get along with and knew I might hear about a duck up at oractice. Or that a coach might bench me.

You need to have fear. Winning requires sacrifice. You don’t sacrifice if you’re comfortable

True accountability.

These guys have such little fight. And such little focus. They simply have it too easy
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I agree about accountability, that is a great word to use and is 100% necessary for success, but disagree about fear. I had one of those fear of god coaches once and it just burned myself and others out dealing with the stress.

Granted the true talent of a coach is understanding different people and what they respond to. Maybe that would work for you and a certain group of people, but as a team-wide platform, not sure it would be a positive.

This group does need someone to light a fire under them. Bringing in someone with the experience on how to do it best would be great.
 
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Cosmix said:
I think the players know what the coaching staff wants them to do.

Based on what I have observed, the players are expected to back check into the D zone and collapse to the low slot area in front of the net. Close coverage of incoming opponent players seems not be a requirement because they seldom do that.

So I think part of the problem is systemic (i.e., the coaching strategy and expectations).

I do not agree that the players should "fear" the coach. They should be aware that they will be held accountable if they do not perform as required by the coaching staff. The accountability could take several forms including but not limited to friendly reminders, shift sitting, benching for a few shifts or period, one-on-one meeting with the coach, extra work at practice, healthy scratch, trade).
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Yes. They should be afraid of those things happening. They are currently not afraid of that happening

SPF6ty9 said:
I agree about accountability, that is a great word to use and is 100% necessary for success, but disagree about fear. I had one of those fear of god coaches once and it just burned myself and others out dealing with the stress.

Granted the true talent of a coach is understanding different people and what they respond to. Maybe that would work for you and a certain group of people, but as a team-wide platform, not sure it would be a positive.

This group does need someone to light a fire under them. Bringing in someone with the experience on how to do it best would be great.
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These are the best in the world at something. May scare us because sports may be like the third thing we’re worrying about.
 
Burrowsaurus said:
Yes. They should be afraid of those things happening. They are currently not afraid of that happening


These are the best in the world at something. May scare us because sports may be like the third thing we’re worrying about.
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This approach no longer works. It’s old and trodden down.

It’s all about mutual respect and communication. Some benching is fine here and there, but no one is scared of the coach.

These guys are highly paid athletes who will still be here after several coaches are fired.
 
One thing brought up on coming in hot was some other long tenured coaches have rotated their assistants over the years to get a different voice and new perspective, while Ottawa has had the same group.

Not sure id go that route at this point, but I would have liked to see us move on from Capuano when he was rumoured to be a potential candidate for another team
 
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Burrowsaurus said:
I’m a strong believer in fearing your coach. You should be afraid. The coach should have the ability to scare his team into compliance. They should fear making a mistake. And they should be afraid of eachother as well. These players are none of that.

But before that, they need to know what to do. Not sure they even know that
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Agreed, they should hire General Aladeen if he's available.
 
Ice-Tray said:
This approach no longer works. It’s old and trodden down.

It’s all about mutual respect and communication. Some benching is fine here and there, but no one is scared of the coach.

These guys are highly paid athletes who will still be here after several coaches are fired.
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None of the best coaches in history across any sports were heavy player coaches

Speatleysson said:
Agreed, they should hire General Aladeen if he's available.
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Will he have consequences more severe than hugging your best friend post game? If so then yes. Get him
 
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