FlareKnight
Registered User
Support his way would do what? Make him play better? He's clearly getting that from the coach beign that he's still in the lineup instead of being scratched and replaced by Carrick. Something that is probably warranted with his current play.I am not the biggest person to be all "eat the crow" but I can not wait until Z comes back next year and shows everyone up. it drives me insane how some players on this team can have yucky years and it's "it's okay, he'll be fine." but when it's players y'all don't like it's all, it's a mistake, he's horrible, we're stuck with him.
the guy had a crap year from start to finish, it sucks, but it happens, but geeze marie, some support his way would go so far.
You can say eat crow. But are you going to eat it if he's not any better next year? No. You'll just say "wait till next year, it's a long contract." Repeating that year after year, until he hopefully plays better. It's a bad year for a guy who just signed a long contract. That's worrisome. That's not good. In fact I'd call that bad.
Zaitsev could play better next year. We should sure hope he does. Some guys get more slack because they've shown more. Even in his good year Zaitsev was solid, but not mindblowingly good. The pro side to that contract was 'next year he'll be comfortable, secure in his deal, and better' and he's actually worse. We still don't know what the high point for Zaitsev is. So of course he's not going to get the same slack as someone else having a down year.