Are you saying players can't play different types of systems?
If this is the case, then that's on GMBM.
I'm a little surprised at the calls for the return to fire wagon hockey. We've already seen that fail right?
Players play, see, and think the game a certain way that is unique to them based on a combination of their brain, physical capabilities, and previous coaching and playing exposure. A good coach finds a way to either teach his system in a manner that allows everyone to contribute or he changes the system to accentuate the strengths and mitigate the weaknesses of the players on his/her roster.
I think there is a degree of accountability at every level. Ted choose to hire from within and maintain the status quo, so to speak. GMBM acquired a coach and a roster that don't seem to mesh. Trotz doesn't seem to have any answers as to what's not working right now. The players need to play better and finish.
Fire wagon hockey is probably the wrong term. I meant faster hockey. Low to high and hoping to get deflections off of a shin guard isn't working for this group.
Hey, maybe this is all much ado about nothing. Mid-January was when they started to play meh hockey last year, right? So in about 6 weeks they'll have played meh hockey for more or less an entire year. But maybe they click and become a juggernaut again.