GENESISPuck94
Registered User
Agreeeeeeeeee. There's no structure at all. It's pond hockey. This coach is so bad. Why is it so hard to hire a good coach. I just don't get it. Hockey is hockey, why are some of these malcontents trying to to reinvent the wheel. Simple stupid structure. This is why I loved Torts and even Renney. There was structure. Vigneault and Gallant are too hands off. Quinn was just... dude should never have left BU. NCAA is where he belonged. Can we just hire a coach who has a brain and actually COACHES his team. Never should have let Sullivan go.They are never on the same page.
No one knows what their teammates are doing. There is no cohesion. It's a free for all... but when all 5 skaters take initiative and attack, our top6 talent begins to shine. When they don't and it's 1v5, we look flat, stagnant and lost, similar to tonight. .
IMO that's the problem without have guidelines/system. People get lost and end up trying to read/react. Everyone can see something different. It can look lazy but it's possibly a processing problem.
If f1/f2/f3/d1/d2 knew their distinctive roles in any given scenario, within the teams system/gameplan, it's easier for the player to execute and do his job. Easier decisions leads to playing faster. If all players move as a cohesive, predictable unit, puck movement becomes way more easy. If you know you will have a certain support with the puck, you can make more confident plays.
When 3-4 players are standing still at any given time, we get our O-Zone offense, for the most part.... uninspired and lazy.
This isn't one simple fix for this season.... There's a giant mess right now, X's and O's wise. The only hope is that the team gives max effort every game....... we all know that's not happening. Gallant has been way too soft
After the camps Rydahl and Carpenter had, cutting Rydahl in favor of Carpenter should have been enough evidence Gallant belongs in a home playing mahjong instead of coaching an NHL team.