BUX7PHX
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12 Dec 2016, fourth "first" year of rebuild: 9 wins
"It's too be expected. Coaching is fine. Be patient"
12 Dec 2017, first year of new system/coach: 7 wins
"Worst staff ever."
If Domingue/Hill would have allowed us 4 wins in the first 11 games, we'd have equaled last season's win total through the first 39 games (6 Jan) already. That's how far "behind" we are.
None of that is glowing endorsement of Tocchet who was not in my top three, but since the term "revisionist" is being thrown around, I thought maybe we should check in on actual history.
Guess I can keep throwing the word obtuse around.
2012-13 team roster: Yandle, Vrbata, Doan, Boedker, OEL, Hanzal, Korpikoski, Vermette, Gordon, Chipchura, Sullivan, Torres, Morris, Moss, Stone, Klesla, Michalek, Schlemko
2013-14 team roster: Yandle, Vrbata, Doan, Boedker, OEL, Hanzal, Korpikoski, Vermette, Ribeiro, Chipchura, Moss, Stone, Klinkhammer, Morris, Halpern, Michalek, Schlemko
So I took the liberty of listing all players that played in at least 50% of the games in the two seasons. Now, please explain to me what constitutes this first "rebuild" in 2012-13 vs. 13-14. The bolded are the changes. I see some small talent level changes (Ribeiro v Sullivan), but I don't see any sort of roster overhaul that would constitute a rebuild. I just find it very humorous that you are telling the "truth" about the rebuild having started four years ago, but clearly I don't know if you can honestly say that those changes YOY constituted "rebuild." If that is what a rebuild is, then every year, every team rebuilds. Even the Klesla exclusion in 13-14 is due to his injury, and likely he would have played in >50% of games that year.
Be honest - do you even know how to define rebuild? Cause that sure doesn't look like a rebuild.
Tell you what, let's put up a poll that all of HFBoards can vote on to decide when the Coyotes officially started this rebuild....
When you insist that a roster overhaul happened, and then we come to find it is a total of 3 player swaps that actually happened, it kind of makes you look like you have this grandiose idea that the more you say it, the more it actually happened. The president tends to have the same problem, so maybe not posting can help save the criticism or embarrassment (whichever you are a glutton of punishment for).
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