Puckatron 3000
Glitchy Prototype
It's not like the Laine demotion wasn't justifiable, but who really cares? It's needless, micromanaging nonsense, done to give some public display that you're actually "coaching".
Believe me, I'm not saying Maurice is the only NHL coach who does this. It's something that drives me up the wall about NHL coaches in general.
This post confuses me, Hank.
How could Laine's demotion be both justifiable, and micromanaging nonsense? Something is either justifiable, or nonsense, it can't be both.
Your "public display" comment also just seems like raw anger without any real point behind it, but maybe I'm missing something. It does seem to me that even the smart posters who I respect (yourself among them) tend to hit a point of frustration where they are no longer logical in their critique of a player/coach/team. It seems there's a lot of that going around on Maurice.
It's like every decision, or every interview quote is viewed through a lens of "I hate Maurice" - and you are far from the only one doing this. Some of the reactions to his latest interview over in the Paul Maurice thread are similarly confusing to me. I don't understand how disappointment in the team, or even valid critique of a certain aspect of Maurice's coaching seems to morph one's ability to logically view each move, each comment on their own merits. And instead apply some kind of global "everything they do sucks" pre-decision to any discussion on that person.
Maybe it's human nature to do so. But if so, we should at least recognize that it is not rational.