Pavel Buchnevich
Drury and Laviolette Must Go
I would be furious with my team if I was a Jets fan. I would think the team is headed in completely the wrong direction.
Everyone says that McGroarty is a terrific guy, and a true captain. Alienating someone like that suggests a team that is too stuck in their ways and has no flexibility.
Besides, so what that this team had a good regular season? They got blown out in round one by a team that has won one playoff series the last two years. The Jets have a style where they obviously draft well and trade well and even get okay value on their contracts, but for all their ability to spot talent and value, they struggle to actually make logical roster building decisions of what works and wins in this league.
Why do they only hire dinosaur coaches? Why do they need all these third line mediocrities to populate their lineup? Trading for players like Monahan and Toffoli is a true intelligence test. Not bad players by any means, but are not putting anyone over the top. Every time the Jets have a good team they trade for these slightly okay players that make no difference. It seems like the GM and ownership don't understand what the team needs to take that next step.
They should really be rebuilding. After all these years of getting nowhere near winning the Cup, why continue to be anywhere ranging from slightly mediocre to highly mediocre? And for all their concerns about having a competitive team to sell tickets and being worried about fans not wanting to show up to support the team, wouldn't you think that the fans would be most upset that it's a directionless franchise stuck in mediocrity?
If I was a fan, I would have total respect for acknowledging the team has failed the last 10 years to build a winner and trying things differently, even if the team wasn't competitive for a few years, is the smart plan.
Everyone says that McGroarty is a terrific guy, and a true captain. Alienating someone like that suggests a team that is too stuck in their ways and has no flexibility.
Besides, so what that this team had a good regular season? They got blown out in round one by a team that has won one playoff series the last two years. The Jets have a style where they obviously draft well and trade well and even get okay value on their contracts, but for all their ability to spot talent and value, they struggle to actually make logical roster building decisions of what works and wins in this league.
Why do they only hire dinosaur coaches? Why do they need all these third line mediocrities to populate their lineup? Trading for players like Monahan and Toffoli is a true intelligence test. Not bad players by any means, but are not putting anyone over the top. Every time the Jets have a good team they trade for these slightly okay players that make no difference. It seems like the GM and ownership don't understand what the team needs to take that next step.
They should really be rebuilding. After all these years of getting nowhere near winning the Cup, why continue to be anywhere ranging from slightly mediocre to highly mediocre? And for all their concerns about having a competitive team to sell tickets and being worried about fans not wanting to show up to support the team, wouldn't you think that the fans would be most upset that it's a directionless franchise stuck in mediocrity?
If I was a fan, I would have total respect for acknowledging the team has failed the last 10 years to build a winner and trying things differently, even if the team wasn't competitive for a few years, is the smart plan.
