And we make it out to be an easy job, but the #1 toughest job in the world was adapting to change when you were the change of the entire game of hockey. No joke - you could probably make 2-3 NHL teams with the ham/eggers that were let go in order to get young fast players into lineups. In 2 years, everything changed, and we were the reason why. So the gap was DEFINITELY going to close in the speed game. No doubt about it. So the next step was to think ahead of the curve. I think the best solution to beating these speed teams is to take the Caps route from last year. Close it up and transition with speed as opposed to trying to be just as fast. It's a GREAT concept. One the Pens should have taken first.
So ****ing easy for me to say as I sit on my couch. Impossible for a coach to do after winning 2 Cups. But he's quickly losing this team.
The Caps actually made that adjustment very late in the year.
And, I agree 100%.
I don't think Sid will like it for long, but someone like Geno . . . I think that's the reason he's been a much more impactful defensive player with Therrien and Johnston than Bylsma and Sully.
That said, leaving those two out of it, yes, looking at the rest of the team, we're not the team we were 2-3 years ago, and this isn't the league that was 2-3 years ago.
Sully is going to adapt or go.
Honestly, it's why so few coaches last very long. Because very few are willing to adapt . . .
BTW, I was serious . . . IF I'm Sully, more than anything else, this Sid and Geno tuned out simultaneously thing should scare him.
