Who, specifically, are you referring to? What’s so unbearable about what’s being discussed in here?
What's unbearable is the selective reasoning. And the hyperbole.
This season (and last, too) have been unlike any seasons we've ever seen. That seems to be easily dismissed with "well other teams are going through the same thing." Which is irrelevant as every team is different. And players are creatures of habit whose lives (like all off ours) have been put out of wack.
For some reason, the rabid Anti-Quinn crowd is more than willing to kill him for every fault, yet want to give him no credit for anything positive. Fox, Lindrgen, and Miller have all been very good. But rather than credit Quinn, they were either developed by Harvard, Boston or Wisconsin. Or they were already developed when the Ranger traded for them or drafted them.
Kappo Kakko has been better this year. Are the offensive numbers where we would all like? Of course not. But he has played a much more engaged and better all-around game than he should last season. That's development. That's progressison. But, rather than recognizing Quinn has played a part in that, people complain because Kakko hasn't reached the number that they concocted in their heads (Kakko will score 60 points as a rookie).
Lafreniere is playing a like a rookie. Imagine that. But is Lafreniere's lack of production the bigger issue than Mika being just awful this season? And are either Quinn's fault? The easy answer is yes. But the real answer is no.
It's very easy to blame Quinn for what's wrong with the team. Because, by and large, this team's biggest weaknesses were what where believed to the givens and strength heading into the season (the top 6 and the goaltending). Those two factors have struggled and now Quinn isn't the right coach for the team when those two things were, by and large, positives last years.
No team is a good as they look when they're winning. And they're not as bad as they look. But that really should not be the standard when looking at this team. Objectively, this team had as good a chance to miss the playoffs as they did making it. And, if we're being honest, a better chance of being a lottery team than winning a playoff round. That's where this team is. And no amount of bitching, moaning, pleading and willing won't change that. Despite how much this board wants it to.
This team young, developing and far from being a finished product. Progression and development is not a straight line. And, whether people want to admit it or not, theses non-typical seasons will effect the growing process. Further, this team shouldn't be truly be judged by wins and losses at this point.
Speaking for myself, what is so unbearable is the general inability to have a normal conversation and agree to disagree. To see the other side and take a moment to see what that person is really saying. Rather, too often, the natural response is anything from "you're wrong" to "can I have what you're smoking." Instead of debating an argument, the MO becomes "think the way I do." So I can try to explain that while there are things that Quinn that I don't understand I think there are positives that can't be overlooked. But it's easier to throw out things like "he's been outreached every game" and to bend over backwards to give Quinn no credit. It's the dealing in black and white, dealing in absolutes and needing to prove that "I'm right" that us what's unbearable.
Conventional wisdom was you can't rebuild in NY. Judging by the need for instant gratification and lack of patience, maybe CW was right....
