1-Secondary scoring decided to not play. Nash didn't show. You know who the players are. When the players aren't getting it done on their own, it's up to the coach to make some adaptions, come up with something new. Not to verbally assault them and bench them for the game. Like I said in another thread, Torts' rah rah rah style was burnt out and fast. Know why? He had no tactics outside of the defensive end. I never said whether or not players should be let go. Your argument there is null. The problem is with people like you is that you automatically assume the someone is saying it's only one person's fault and jump on that to sound legit. That's what you're doing. Head coaches are there for reasons more than to just draw on the whiteboard and yell at their guys, I hope you understand that.
2- Sabotaging? What are you? A ninja or spy? Easy to answer; Look at the difference in play between this and last year by the players that are on the team now. I will make sure you know what I said; Players on this team that were there last year too. This is why I put blame on the coaching staff: The players last year played so well and in what can be considered as harmony. Even in the playoffs. This year, (And you can't argue that there was no training camp, because the same problems were showing half way through the season.) Players were lackluster and floating around, I'm letting Callahan and Hagelin to an extent a pass because of a rather serious injury. They weren't nearly as in accordance as they were last year. This goes both ways. However, like many people have stated in this thread and others; the Rah rah rah style of Torts and the way he coaches is only effective for a certain amount of time. He lost the room. Yes, players have to put in effort. But like I said, it goes both ways. You have a coach who cannot adapt to a game or situation, players' actions are going to reflect, and vice versa.
And here's another thing; You can see the lackadaisical attitudes by the body language that players would put out there on the ice at times, IE: Half assed dump and chase without chase, less attention to detail when, say, clearing the crease or sutffing home a rebound. They showed an inconsistent level of effort. This goes both ways, again. But I take it that you are in the "Ship players out" boat.
Decent player, nothing more. Seguin has also been particularly unimpressive in the playoffs. As has Kelly.
