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We all know he's a good player, and can we expect him to bounce back to his own 1+ point per game this year?
He was incredibly unlucky last year. Couldn't catch a break. I feel like last year he did fine, and it would've been around a 70 point season if he wasn't so damn unlucky
when i state Carlyle i understand what he's done is the past. it's a reference to him losing the team in general. if you aren't winning the message gets stale. doesn't necessarily mean Carlyle is a bad coach just more the fact his voice was worn out and sometimes players just need a change of pace.
I met Getzlaf a couple of times one and half year ago and he seemed like the biggest diva of all players i've met. Arrogant and demeaning. Is this a thing he's always had or can it be a part of the problem, that he has developed it? I'm not talking about how he seems in the media where he seems like a likeable guy, probably feeding from it.
He still put up much better numbers under Carlyle at the beginning of the season than he did under Boudreau. That doesn't really make sense, if you're going to say Carlyle contributed to his subpar season.
I'm still not getting it. If Carlyle was a problem for Getzlaf, then how do you explain the fact that removing the problem worsened his production?It makes perfect sense. His numbers were still down with Carlyle regardless.
The whole team in general numbers were down. His voice got old in the locker room.
.79pts per game pace. compared to .65pt per game pace with Bourdreau. It's not that big drastic of a fall off but still a decent amount. Take into consideration they were thrown into a new system on the fly. This can have some fault as to why his production slightly dipped.
Either way his numbers fell drastically to prior seasons which coincide with the Carlyle firing. All the players numbers plummeted because his voice became stale. They needed a change and Carlyle unfortunately was the man that got targeted. It doesn't mean he is a bad coach by any means as we saw his methods work but as the team slowly got worse his message became weakened. This happens in sports all the time.
I can't think of the person who said this but it went something along the lines that coaches should never be allowed to coach the same team for more than 5 years. Players become complacent (which is the likely scenario here) and their messages get old. Obviously there is exceptions to every thing but I feel like this explains the Ducks situation perfectly. The players simply became complacent with Carlyle.
I'm still not getting it. If Carlyle was a problem for Getzlaf, then how do you explain the fact that removing the problem worsened his production?
I think he's suggesting that getting rid of Carlyle came with its own set of problems, for example learning a new system on the fly and perhaps the aftermath of a bit of locker room tension. Just because Carlyle was the problem, doesn't mean removing him immediately removes all associated problems, or that the solution doesn't have its own attendant problems.
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they had to learn a new system on the fly etc. his numbers didn't even fall off that much from earlier in the season. if you look to last half of the season he put up 30pts in 40games. you don't think there is an adjustment period to learn a new coaching system.
let me state that i'm not even blaming Carlyle as the sole problem. i'm suggesting that is was part of the problem. the whole team's numbers were down last year not just Getzlaf. Why is it fair to just single out him?
all i'm suggesting is when you hear the same thing over and over and over again it gets old. especially when you're not winning. it just becomes a nagging thing. surely there is multiple reasons that can be had on why he didn't perform up to expectations. this is just one of many reasons IMO.
I met Getzlaf a couple of times one and half year ago and he seemed like the biggest diva of all players i've met. Arrogant and demeaning. Is this a thing he's always had or can it be a part of the problem, that he has developed it? I'm not talking about how he seems in the media where he seems like a likeable guy, probably feeding from it.
Last season I was very fortunate to get picked for jersey-off-the-players-back during fan appreciation night. (Got Sbisa’s jersey) Anyways, after all of the team had skated off the ice; Getzlaf stayed and shook everyone’s hand in line. He thanked everyone for their support, and apologized for his bad season and for the team’s poor play. He also promised the team would do better next year.
I know celebrities and professional athletes all have their public and private persona's, but I have to say Getzlaf was truly humble that night. He didn’t have to do that, and IMO those were not the actions of arrogant diva. If he’s truly a diva maybe last season taught him something.
Now that it's explained better, I guess I can see the argument you're making, but I still think it is a little bit conflicting.please refer to quote below.
they had to learn a new system on the fly etc. his numbers didn't even fall off that much from earlier in the season. if you look to last half of the season he put up 30pts in 40games. you don't think there is an adjustment period to learn a new coaching system.
let me state that i'm not even blaming Carlyle as the sole problem. i'm suggesting that is was part of the problem. the whole team's numbers were down last year not just Getzlaf. Why is it fair to just single out him?
all i'm suggesting is when you hear the same thing over and over and over again it gets old. especially when you're not winning. it just becomes a nagging thing. surely there is multiple reasons that can be had on why he didn't perform up to expectations. this is just one of many reasons IMO.