Yeah, this is XGen Penguins levels of terrible and disjointed.
Yeah, it's hilarious how we all look back on the MJ era as being complete dogshit and miserable and it was much better than this stuff, yet we're still sitting here wondering if Sully's gonna be fired after missing the playoffs for the third time in a row, and tumbling down to a potential top-3 pick.After 28 games when MJ was fired:
(Also here's MJ's same year he was fired at the same game mark at 23 - Team Season Totals - Natural Stat Trick)
23 Games in with Sullivan after missing the previous two seasons:
A new coach might spark a few game winning streak though, happens all the time, no thanks. They need to plummet as much as possible. Every point they lose is important.
It's been bad for 4 seasons in a row.
The first year they missed under Sullivan, they finished with a -2 differential, then the next year +4, but holy shit, -34 is f***ing awful.
If Sullivan remains, I don't see Sid hitting anything past 670-680 at most. Say he stays on this pace...
How can you develop players when you treat them all like 4th liners? Hell even Jake Guentzel he treated like a 4th liner, but Jake was on a team that was in a far more positive head space after winning the cup the year before and just an absolute machine, he had him with Cullen for parts of his first season if you remember.
It's beyond stupid that anyone would still want him around because "nobody can fix this". Who the f*** cares? Sullivan's an asshat who refuses to play youngsters or develop them, and his team plays boring, uninspired hockey. That alone is reason to get rid of him pronto
It's funny they think nobody can fix this while trying literally everything but firing the coach to fix "this."
Maybe he should have just retired instead of signing an extension?
That's what annoys the f*** out of me the most about this situation. Every single defense or argument for keeping him is "well we suck anyways, nobody can fix an old core", but how do we know that? THEY WON'T FIRE THE COACH TO FIND OUT!
It's worse knowing they knew it was something they needed to do with Therrien, Bylsma, and Johnston, but with Sullivan they just decided they wanted to see how much more he can f*** up past a decade.
Also, the public humiliation of Sullivan getting fired would be a nice touch.
I don't think he wants to.
So Sullivan isn't just earning a pay check? Also where does he get off thinking the others aren't also battling? Because Sid lost his shit on Connor does that suddenly give him all of the "I care" points? f***ing moron.
Every f***ing defenseman paired with Grzelcyk sucks, to not figure that out is pretty bang on because he can't even figure out the coach is the problem.
Bryan Rust has become such a f***ing annoying piece of shit and Sullivan dick rider, of course a moron like Yohe loves him.
They would all rather defend their own access than write hard truths. Haase did the same thing in her article for DK's site.
If this continues long enough?! Taylor, I know you've been writing about this team for years now. Don't try to tell me that this (the Penguins disappointing under Sullivan) has not been something that has been going on for years now.
Its also weird how Ned keeps getting the benefit of the doubt when he's been one of the worst goalies, if its super easy for them to shit all over Jarry, Ned being also garbage shouldn't be that f***ing hard either, there's enough there in his stats to say he's also f***ing awful.
Sullivan needs to be humbled! As does the core who insisted he stay! Letem rot! In the process plummet down the standings.
I saw someone mention they thought FSG wants him for the rebuild, which is a godawful f***ing idea. That *requires* a youth movement, and with him it apparently only works if he bonds with them in the A, first. Since "his" WBS boys + Guentzel, all he's done is chase off serviceable young players with some upside and fall in love with serviceable plugs who can't buy a goal.
