Richer's Ghost
Bourbonite
Pete does lots of dumb things but how exactly do you coach a shooter on the shootout?
"umm shoot the puck"?
It's purely a read the goalie and shoot on net play. Pete can't tell them to try a spin-o-rama if they don't feel it. He can't tell them to shoot 5 hole ahead of time - it has to be there in the instant they go in on the shot.
He can't coach it, he can only select the guys he thinks are most likely to score and given our horrible rate of scoring on it in practice that would mean Volchenkov is shooting first next time.
It's a damn gimmick anyways and a horrible way to determine wins. If I had my way you could only get 2 pts from winning in regulation or OT. Shootout wins would be 1 pt and the loser would get nothing. No more damn 3 pt games and teams playing it safe the final 5 minutes and in OT to secure the loser point. They'd be forcing plays on net to not lose out on points.
"umm shoot the puck"?
It's purely a read the goalie and shoot on net play. Pete can't tell them to try a spin-o-rama if they don't feel it. He can't tell them to shoot 5 hole ahead of time - it has to be there in the instant they go in on the shot.
He can't coach it, he can only select the guys he thinks are most likely to score and given our horrible rate of scoring on it in practice that would mean Volchenkov is shooting first next time.
It's a damn gimmick anyways and a horrible way to determine wins. If I had my way you could only get 2 pts from winning in regulation or OT. Shootout wins would be 1 pt and the loser would get nothing. No more damn 3 pt games and teams playing it safe the final 5 minutes and in OT to secure the loser point. They'd be forcing plays on net to not lose out on points.