Well, his style is supposed to be a little more up-tempo and offensive. We definitely have speed on our team. Now that there's no streak to preserve, I'm hoping they let him try some new things. If they're not concerned with the W/L column, as I suspect they might not be anymore, we could see some change. If not I will definitely be disappointed.
Blashill installed aggressive transition hockey setups at all other levels. Similar to what Lavy, Sullivan and Cooper run. That was the earmarks of his system. Now you can say his isn't sophisticated enough or whatever else. I think we don't have the talent to do it. But make no mistake, the system I have seen Blashill deploy at other levels is a lethal high paced offensive transition system. Of course that relies on an outlet pass actually being in the arsenal of more than one defender....
I feel bad for him, I hope someday Blashill gets a better opportunity, I think he is DeBoer. A good coach in a bad situation. But I think stylistically he wants to run an uptempo system which is where the game is going, he just doesn't have the horses. Unfortunately he needs to have more than one thing in his arsenal, but my guess is that will be the big learning lesson he takes forward when he does move on and we will see him again if he doesn't choose to build a big time NCAA program and stay there long-term. We will see what happens with the new hire at MSU, I think it was a good one. I would be elated though if Blashill wound up there.
