here's another example of culture from krushell's sport performance podcast. i'll preface that results are obviously important at the end but a key key philosophy in successful sport culture is focusing on the PROCESS not the results. if you do this the results WILL eventually come.
i think there has been too much of a shift to results before process and that's dangerous when the team hasn't found it's culture and game yet. it's akin to putting the cart before the horse. you MUST build through proper processes of doing the right things, feeling the right way etc and your game and confidecne as a player and as the team will grow and success (a relative term) will follow.
this organization got into this mindset that we must win now now now and results are king.... we'll when you have such a young team with so many guys trying to learn the game (drake, pooly, yama, nurse, klef, khaira, even connor, nuge and drai--learning how to win etc... same with the last batch with hall ebs, nuge, gags etc) that kind of mind set and pressure can become toxic for them very quickly when the results don't come. they lose hope/confidence and sag very easily. things spiral out of control and they keep focusing on results instead of the step by step processes that GETS THEM THERE. this is culture of how the organization is handling things. it's not good and needs to change. it puts everyone on edge and no one is relaxed and everyone starts to play harder and harder but as INDIVIDUALS trying to get "results" the wrong way... cheating, expending excess energy at the wrong times, not making simple plays and beig patient etc etc etc.
i've gone through this in my younger days. when you're expected to score and you hit a slump whether due to confidence or just lack of energy etc. you start to focus too much on results, scoring goals and points and lose the process. building on things like making the right reads and passes, proper handling and control of the puck with patience instead of rushing things, being in the right spots all the time instead of floating and cheating for offence, shortening shifts, not skating around like a chicken with your head cut off and wasting energy (be patient but still put in effort more smartly), communication, making successful breakouts and short passes and support etc etc etc. all these things and more WILL get you back on track to not only personal success on the ice but team success as you become a cohesive unit instead of off doing your own thing (in which case things start to unravel because noone knows what anyone else is going to do and passes go astray, opposing players get left unchecked etc etc).
all this is culture in the room and organizational philosophies. and focusing on the process doesn't have to mean taking a whole season to figure out. it may or may not take longer but it could be as quick as building from week 1 of the season to week 5 and really gaining traction. we've seen many teams but through processes like this during the year and eventually rise in the standings into a good team.
so yes, i think due to immense pressure, this organization has lost it's focus on the all important processes that lead to success and has ruined the development of many young players and hurt the team.
