John Price
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- Sep 19, 2008
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You all just throwing names at the wall and none of them are better than Trotz. Bylsma? He failed with Buffalo. Why would he succeed here?
Trotz may not work out here, I'll give you all that. But there is no need to fire him right now. He hasn't lost the locker room. When you lose the locker room you're done. His players still pay attention to him and he still leads a team that is a few points away from 1st in the Metro. Then they lose 1 game (fine...3 out of 4 if you want to be picky, all blowouts) and suddenly fans have demanded his ouster. Teams go through tough stretches. Firing just because you feel like satisfying your blood thirst is not exactly a smart thing to do, especially when the backup plan is questionable. "Rierden is good." Do we know that? Yes, he was blocked from interviewing with other clubs, but why would anything change if he were coach? Is he going to magically make this team healthy and infuse talent that was not there before to win that STanley Cup title? "Pittsburgh did it with Bylsma / Sullivan." Yeah, Pittsburgh has no problem firing people when they don't achieve standards. But the last time the Caps fired a coach midseason, did they get past the second round?
You know the answer to that. You should also know that any "quick fix" to try to win Ovechkin his first Cup probably isn't going to work.
Trotz may not work out here, I'll give you all that. But there is no need to fire him right now. He hasn't lost the locker room. When you lose the locker room you're done. His players still pay attention to him and he still leads a team that is a few points away from 1st in the Metro. Then they lose 1 game (fine...3 out of 4 if you want to be picky, all blowouts) and suddenly fans have demanded his ouster. Teams go through tough stretches. Firing just because you feel like satisfying your blood thirst is not exactly a smart thing to do, especially when the backup plan is questionable. "Rierden is good." Do we know that? Yes, he was blocked from interviewing with other clubs, but why would anything change if he were coach? Is he going to magically make this team healthy and infuse talent that was not there before to win that STanley Cup title? "Pittsburgh did it with Bylsma / Sullivan." Yeah, Pittsburgh has no problem firing people when they don't achieve standards. But the last time the Caps fired a coach midseason, did they get past the second round?
You know the answer to that. You should also know that any "quick fix" to try to win Ovechkin his first Cup probably isn't going to work.