Tell you what guys. I read countless posts last season about Trotz. Everyone wanted him burned at the stake even after all the success here. Then you guys should really have no issue for calling out the coach this season. Any of those people that were calling for the firing of Trotz dont have a leg to stand on.
Tell you what guys. I read countless posts last season about Trotz. Everyone wanted him burned at the stake even after all the success here. Then you guys should really have no issue for calling out the coach this season. Any of those people that were calling for the firing of Trotz dont have a leg to stand on.
The same Trotz defensive system that kept losing in the 2nd round because of his inability to adjust mid-series?Because they changed the system in the playoffs. Back to the Trotz defensive system.
Tell you what guys. I read countless posts last season about Trotz. Everyone wanted him burned at the stake even after all the success here. Then you guys should really have no issue for calling out the coach this season. Any of those people that were calling for the firing of Trotz dont have a leg to stand on.
Meh, so far the Caps got burned twice on back-to-backs against fast teams who playing their home-openers "against the champs". Moving on...
Holy f***. Crucify the guy because it took him 4 seasons with the Caps to win a cup. Are you guys blind or just that uneducated?The same Trotz defensive system that kept losing in the 2nd round because of his inability to adjust mid-series?
Hmm
Copley made some good saves. The team hung him out to dry all game. He definitely needs to work on his positioning and rebound control. Dont think he is going to be with the Caps long term.On Copley: something stuck out on the third(?) goal I think, where he sort of opened up like a door and faced the puck all the way into the back of the net instead of staying square to the shooter. I haven't seen the replay and I'm not a goalie, so if anyone would like to break that down for me I'd appreciate it, just found it odd.
Understand there's some debate as to whether the puck was tipped or not, which might explain it, just something about the optics threw me. I think it might be a good example of where Copley can refine his own game while still acknowledging that the team didn't do right by him overall.
Don't put words into my mouth. I liked Trotz but I was ready for the team to move on due to his inability to adjust mid-series all 3 seasons before this past one. There has been plenty of tidbits in articles or rumors during the summer to convince me that Reirden had a large part in the team strategy this past season, and Trotz' inability to adjust in years past is only more evidence for me.Holy ****. Crucify the guy because it took him 4 seasons with the Caps to win a cup. Are you guys blind or just that uneducated?
All you guys want is a high flying run and gun team. As long as it looks cute who cares about winning.
And thats why Trotz wasnt popular here. Because his system was too boring for you guys. Who ****ing cares? It worked.
Do you think Reirden will match what Trotz has done here?It's game 4 in his coaching career. Not 40 or 400.
Do you think Reirden will match what Trotz has done here?
I for one don’t give a crap about President’s Trophies or division championships. Do I think Reirden can win another Cup? I don’t know but I sure hope so. The players don’t seem to think all hope is lost so I’m gonna go with that.Do you think Reirden will match what Trotz has done here?
Again I say, what are you talking about?Holy ****. Crucify the guy because it took him 4 seasons with the Caps to win a cup. Are you guys blind or just that uneducated?
All you guys want is a high flying run and gun team. As long as it looks cute who cares about winning.
And thats why Trotz wasnt popular here. Because his system was too boring for you guys. Who ****ing cares? It worked.
Do you think Reirden will match what Trotz has done here?
Holy ****. Crucify the guy because it took him 4 seasons with the Caps to win a cup. Are you guys blind or just that uneducated?
All you guys want is a high flying run and gun team. As long as it looks cute who cares about winning.
And thats why Trotz wasnt popular here. Because his system was too boring for you guys. Who ****ing cares? It worked.
I have forgotten nothing. Its the NHL playoffs. Do you think teams are just going to fold and let you win. You make it sound so easy. As if we were guaranteed to win. Well it isn't. No playoff series is easy. Every team in the playoffs has the same goal. So every team that gets eliminated in the playoffs lost because of their coach? The playoffs tighten up and goals are harder to come by which is why it is important to play a disciplined defensive system.Don't put words into my mouth. I liked Trotz but I was ready for the team to move on due to his inability to adjust mid-series all 3 seasons before this past one. There has been plenty of tidbits in articles or rumors during the summer to convince me that Reirden had a large part in the team strategy this past season, and Trotz' inability to adjust in years past is only more evidence for me.
Have you forgotten 2015-16? 2016-17? This team struggled mightily against the Flyers and Leafs in the 1st round because they adjusted and we stuck to the same system trying to grind it out. That didn't work against a top team in Pittsburgh.
Are we supposed to take your word?It's not been officially confirmed but there were rumors that the actual leadership of the team and Xs and Os had been shifting to Reirden as the season went on, and became essentially official with Trotz as a figurehead or mascot after the 0-2 defecit vs CBus.
The fact that one guy was allowed to walk and the other given a promotion suggests it's probably true. The fact that a team and coach that could never make it out of the 2nd round for decades finally broke through is also a clue that someone else may have brought something to the table this time.
But if you want to keep carrying the torch for BT and attacking everyone here for being Caps fans instead of BT fans, I have a suggestion:
https://hfboards.mandatory.com/forums/new-york-islanders.22/
Seriously. Let it go, man.Are we supposed to take your word?
I have forgotten nothing. Its the NHL playoffs. Do you think teams are just going to fold and let you win. You make it sound so easy. As if we were guaranteed to win. Well it isn't. No playoff series is easy. Every team in the playoffs has the same goal. So every team that gets eliminated in the playoffs lost because of their coach? The playoffs tighten up and goals are harder to come by which is why it is important to play a disciplined defensive system.
So Trotz is a bum because he lost 3 consecutive seasons in the 2nd round. Twice to the eventual cup winner. And it took him 4 seasons with the Caps to win a cup. Yeah that's all on Trotz.
Why do we care what happened before he got to Washington? We dont. You are just trying to make lame excuses now.Or:
It took Trotz something like 18+? years of coaching to win a Cup, and the one year it happens he's been termed a "lame duck" for months. Who was "in charge" is at the very least up for debate (among sensible people). One of the two coaches in question won somewhere else and knows how to do it, one of them didn't.
Doesn't look great when you put it like that, does it?