Jimmybarndoor2
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You say something like that to the press because you disagree with it or you want to make sure the fans know. Wtf
I wouldn't mind Girgs back. I was hoping Tuch, EJ, and Clifton would be some nice leadership, but it hasn't come to fruition. Tuch has especially been a big time disappointment this year. He was the heart and soul of this team last year. But he, like a few other core players, has regressed this year.Just get some proper leadership for this team. Okposo and girgs are awesome guys, but have been career losers
Holy shit, and Pegula is just letting this loserdom happen. He just had to.. y’know, fire the bad coach. Tell the players tough shit, do better then.
Instead it festered, they’re down the whole wrong track even when they win- we get it, you like the guy, but that is the wrong f***ing horse to bet on. Then there’s KO, who has never won a damned bet in his life, saying “ya guys, this one! All in!”
Young kids could be saved from this bullshit but that’d cost money, better sink the whole damned thing. Someone will still buy it for 1000% what Pegula paid when it’s all over.
Starts with the owner, who seemingly is fine with this being the long term trajetory.It starts with the coach and the GM, who wouldn’t give a straight answer in the off season if the expectation this year was playoffs.
If this player gave him the go ahead to print this as long as he was anonymous (it’s super obvious it’s Okposo just based on the quote) it seems like it’s fine.I was also wondering how long the goodwill between the team and Harrington would last. I'm sure this will put him right back in the proverbial crosshairs, as he was when Botterill was around.
It's worrisome how bad the culture appears to be in that lockerroom. McD shifted the culture from day 1. Kyle Williams was mic'd up in 2017, and saluted McD for the shift in the culture he brought. And it's still strong today. That team goes to war for him, and they also take the fans pettiness in stride because there were times this year where the fans acted like toddlers.One of the best things McDermott ever did was when he arrived he said he owned the drought. He's the coach now and it's on him and he accepts it. He promptly broke the drought, but fans adored him owning it.
This is the opposite of that.
(And yes, saluting the fans is dumb, but the pettiness is worse)
A sane organization would be doing everything they could to douse this PR disaster such as read the players the riot act behind closed doors and make them issue a collective apology. This is not a sane organization.
Every time I see someone post this in the thread it throws me into a fit of violent uncontrollable rage because it 100% misses the entire point.Player salute should only be done in playoffs or if you clinch a playoff spot
what? The only thing you can say they’ve done is be soft on the kids. The other two things they have absolutely not done this time around.
it Absolutely could/should work in NHL hockey where you have players playing in cities for years, starting families and staying/living in said communities longer than they play in minor and college hockey. If there’s a league where players connect with fans, it’s the NHL.Honestly, NHL teams "saluting the fans" is dumb to begin with. It's a tradition that works in college hockey and minor pro hockey, where the players actually have some connection with the fans. It doesn't work for NHL hockey.