Northwing19
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88% voting no so far. Sorry, Mike.
Keep Blashill is over 50%, that's interesting.
I thought that when Mike went to Toronto, he said it would be his last team.
Why would this even be considered?
is the top coach in sweden on anybodys radar ? ive no idea who he is but theyre really rocking their developmental / junior program over there and im thinking this is another un-tapped talent mine like develano went to 30 years ago when looked to europe for feds/lids/vladdy/etc . could be a great move with our swede connection already established
Babcock is the Brian Burke of coaches. He would rather lose it all his way than risk the chance that he has success trying out someone else’s way.
Doesn’t matter how smart or talented he is, his ego ultimately calls the shots. It’s the players who need to adopt his philosophy, cause his philosophy is the right one. And if he fails, it’s cause the guys couldn’t execute it in his vision - never because his philosophy is fallible.
It’s bananas when you think about it. It’d be like saying “it doesn’t matter if you need to cut down an oak tree or slice a loaf of bread - always use a chainsaw.”
When he fails it's never about what he could have done or changed, it's always about how he's working with what he's got and he doesn't have X, Y or Z. Last year's loss against the Bruins he "had no defencemen". Dubas goes out and gets him Muzzin, Barrie and Ceci(not that he's that great) and they're struggling this year. Wonder what the next excuse will be?
I know I'm really late to this party but the other week I fully listened to that radio interview with Mike Commodore where he just went off about Mike Babcock. I read the quotes when they first came out but I never accessed the entire interview.
Hilarious stuff. Not sure how much I believe it but it's not completely unfathomable to imagine Babs as that much of a narcissist.
When he fails it's never about what he could have done or changed, it's always about how he's working with what he's got and he doesn't have X, Y or Z. Last year's loss against the Bruins he "had no defencemen". Dubas goes out and gets him Muzzin, Barrie and Ceci(not that he's that great) and they're struggling this year. Wonder what the next excuse will be?
Not really though. Put up a poll for extending Blashill past his current contract and I'd bet it would be around 87% No.
The fire Blashill camp is divided almost in half with one side wanting him gone now and the other wanting him gone at the end of the season.
He still "had no defencemen", because all the millions were overpaid for offense. They also lost a matchup-center in Kadri.
How Colorado has survived (being better with than without) without Barrie, I think there's some serious defensive flaws on that guy. Worse than Gardiner had. Ceci was already most hated defenceman at Ottawa and Dubas brings him in? I think Zaitsev was better, even though he wasn't enough good either.
So, defensive efforts are ingnored from the management.
Keep Blashill is over 50%, that's interesting.
You forgot the crowd like me where keep him, give him the a respectable roster and see how he performs with real talent... and if he performs, extend him.
No coach is going to come here and make this team top 15 in the league and/or play the young players exactly how you want. It does not exist. Blashhill is doing a fine job with the crap he's given.
And as for the young players:
- Hronek is doing better than I ever expected +1 Blashill
- Bertuzzi is doing better than I ever expected +2 Blashill
- Larkin is doing better than I ever expected +3 Blashill (Helm with hands, lol)
- Mantha is doing better than I ever expected +4 Blashill
- Antanasiou is better than expected last yr +5 Blashill (I never thought AA would amount to much)
With the given above facts, it proves that Blashill is doing unbelievable things for our kids. Even Cholo is just starting to come in to his own (as I expected) and Fabbri is excelling with ice time that his last coach refused to afford him +6 Blashill!