If pressed to defend it I bet Hynes would say he doesn't put Bratt out in OT and late in the game because he doesn't want a failure to affect Bratt's confidence. LMAO that's how stupid he acts with personnel decisions sometimes. Throw the inferior vet out because if they fail, they can handle it.
Of course. *headshake*
This is a big test for Hynes to show how he is able to adapt because the past few seasons he held everybody from top to bottom accountable for their actions pretty consistently whether it was Hall or Severson and even Lovejoy to a lesser extent. That portion of his coaching was nice to see with his system related philosophies questionable as they are still today.
Now that things haven't been going to plan, we have seen much less of that accountability being held for several players. Maybe it has to do with the fear of the team taking a big step back because this was the year to take a big step forward from the one prior. Those prior 3 seasons were largely a 'we have nothing to lose' type of mentality so the accountability was something that could more easily be held but some of these personal decisions seem out of panic and not what Hynes has typically done here.
Hynes can either adapt by understanding that the team he has wasn't built to sustain if everything doesn't go right and continue to coach with that accountability type mindset he had shown, and sticking with the we still need to build plan (or in cheesy terms 'trust the process') or he can adapt by trying to go a different course than what has mostly worked the past couple of seasons with similar thin rosters. We've seen more of the latter. Either way we'll still likely see similar results because this roster is just not build on a sturdy foundation, however it'll be better to at least see more the best guys getting the proper time.
Kid’s adorable.
