JacketsDavid
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Every new coach has different standards, different expectations. Basically it's the first excuse the new coach has if the team isn't winning is the guys aren't in shape to play "my style of hockey".
To use a football analogy not many people questioned OSU's training under Coach Tressell (except maybe for the O-line) but new Coach comes in, brings in his new strength and conditioning guy, rips the team apart, questions their man hood, tries to get the quitters to quit.
No new coach will ever come in and say "I inherited the most talented, most well conditioned team ever. If we don't win the cup this year I should be fired".
But Hitch does have different expectations (and namely more defensive responsibility which makes life tougher on forwards) and during his brief time here he has pointed out the conditioning. Next year he won't have that excuse - because it will be his program, not one he took over in mid-year.
To use a football analogy not many people questioned OSU's training under Coach Tressell (except maybe for the O-line) but new Coach comes in, brings in his new strength and conditioning guy, rips the team apart, questions their man hood, tries to get the quitters to quit.
No new coach will ever come in and say "I inherited the most talented, most well conditioned team ever. If we don't win the cup this year I should be fired".
But Hitch does have different expectations (and namely more defensive responsibility which makes life tougher on forwards) and during his brief time here he has pointed out the conditioning. Next year he won't have that excuse - because it will be his program, not one he took over in mid-year.