Greyhounds
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It's the People's Republic of CanadaThey have Mounties marching in to this "music"
Why
It's the People's Republic of CanadaThey have Mounties marching in to this "music"
Why
It feels like they're playing at 2:00 amIf they played this game any later in the year in Regina, everyone would freeze solid
I saw part of it. It was a game that only a habs fan could love. I got the impression that the Leafs may have quit on their coach.
Habs beat the Leafs again this season. WOW, buckle up because its going to get interesting in the center of the "hockey universe"
The outdoor rinks always look small to meIs that outdoor rink of regulation width? It doesn't look right to me.
Maybe I never noticed before.The outdoor rinks always look small to me
I saw part of it. It was a game that only a habs fan could love. I got the impression that the Leafs may have quit on their coach.
I saw part of it. It was a game that only a habs fan could love. I got the impression that the Leafs may have quit on their coach.
Babcock gets a grossly exaggerated amount of love from far too many about being such a terrific coach but I`ve never seen it. Even when he was winning/challenging for Cups in Detroit, he did so with so many first ballot HOF`ers that it would have been embarrassing not to have been but once we saw them aging and the Wings introducing new bodies, often younger players, we also saw Babcock struggle to put together an in game/season plan.
Babs is simply, IMO, an average coach who was gift wrapped a ridiculously talented Red Wings team, then gets the red carpet treatment for opening doors on the bench for the Olympics
Agree. Especially agree on the Olympic accolades. He rolled 4 lines of star players, with nearly equal TOI. I think I could've "coached" that team to victory.I don`t know if they have quit on Babcock but man they sure look like a team who, for stretches looks terribly disinterested. Babcock gets a grossly exaggerated amount of love from far too many about being such a terrific coach but I`ve never seen it. Even when he was winning/challenging for Cups in Detroit, he did so with so many first ballot HOF`ers that it would have been embarrassing not to have been but once we saw them aging and the Wings introducing new bodies, often younger players, we also saw Babcock struggle to put together an in game/season plan.
We watched him take over the Leafs when they were horrible so you can understand the 1st and maybe the 2nd year in TO as he was trying to implement his system (whatever that is), but he`s now in his 5th year there, DNQ in year one, 3 first round exits in the other 3 years and NOT ONE bit of improvement shown or commitment shown to teaching or implementing a system that allows his goalie to not see 35+ pucks a night. Hasn`t made it out of the 2nd round since 08/09
It`s not just SOG that his team allows, it`s the fact that once you get possession in the Leafs zone, it`s far more rare to see them force plays and turnovers, getting a cycle going is fairly easy and going to the front of the net hardly requires courage from opponents as they are creampuffs back there.
Babs is simply, IMO, an average coach who was gift wrapped a ridiculously talented Red Wings team, then gets the red carpet treatment for opening doors on the bench for the Olympics
Oh dear.
Could not agree more. IMO Babcock is just like Scotty Bowman or Phil Jackson - seems to do extremely well when coaching an All-Star laden team but doesn't do very much with an average team.
yea it's like that with any coach. Coaching is overrated for any team and any person. If you have good players you'll succeed. Then you get worse when they age or get worse.
It's usually suck while you rebuild then improve....then go down, or you plateau.
Then you get fired and hired elsewhere. Then get fired again....and re-hired again. Coaching is overrated. These are pros. Your team is either good or they are bad.