Shockmaster
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Phil Borque made a pretty good point on the radio yesterday. He questioned the accountability of the team and couldn't remember the last time a player missed a few shifts for poor play.
I wouldn't have been bothered if Bonino re-signed, but Daley is 35 and Hainsey is 38.
Either that player sucked or didn't want to play for Sully anymore, depending on his status.Phil Borque made a pretty good point on the radio yesterday. He questioned the accountability of the team and couldn't remember the last time a player missed a few shifts for poor play.
Either that player sucked or didn't want to play for Sully anymore, depending on his status.
Yeah Simon but do you have any explaination for Rust in that period, i feel like i missed something.In some cases it may have been Sullivan having too much faith in certain players to "get it right" so to speak without putting them through any unpleasant moments. Simon is the obvious one, but I think to a lesser extent the same could be said for Rust before December and after February.
Yeah Simon but do you have any explaination for Rust in that period, i feel like i missed something.
Dunno but it smells like hidden/down played injuries to me unless Rust had some sort of predicaments going on. Just weird how he devolved for some periods of time. This did happen after he got his big contract yes? This might also be related.He was absolutely awful the first 2 months of the season, like should've been healthy scratched a few times bad. But during that stretch there were times Sullivan promoted him to the top 6, and I don't believe he ever played any lower than the 3rd line. He did eventually have a really good stretch from December to February. He missed a bit of time with injury and was mostly invisible when he came back, with much of that time being on the top line.
Dunno but it smells like hidden/down played injuries to me unless Rust had some sort of predicaments going on. Just weird how he devolved for some periods of time. This did happen after he got his big contract yes? This might also be related.
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Could be a combination of the contract and in the back of his mind knowing he has the coach's full trust and won't see his playing time dramatically reduced.
Weird as it's usually the opposite, i mean, X player plays hard to get big contract then X player slows down once he has said contract. Oh well...He outright admitted it was the contract and he felt pressure to score to justify it, and so he wasn’t playing the speed/defensive game that earned him that contract ...
Neither?Just a thought after the leaf game....
Would you want babs over Sullivan next year?
And to this day, she's been Day to Day, with an UBI.He was actually fired last year, but it was so low key he didn't even know it. And his wife is so traumatized by the screams of "just ****ing play" that she never told him the checks stopped coming in.
Hell nah.Just a thought after the leaf game....
Would you want babs over Sullivan next year?
quality postAnd to this day, she's been Day to Day, with an UBI.
I remember Guentzel getting benched for a bad turnover in the regular season. Think the same happened to Rust as well.Phil Borque made a pretty good point on the radio yesterday. He questioned the accountability of the team and couldn't remember the last time a player missed a few shifts for poor play.
Neither will the team for that matter, especially in Guentzel's case. Dunno what happened with Rust though but he seemed to deserve it for whatever reasons his game devolved for periods.I remember Guentzel getting benched for a bad turnover in the regular season. Think the same happened to Rust as well.
Regardless I don't see what that kind of coaching is useful for anyway (unless a guy is having a brutal game and hurting the team on every single shift). If a guy ****s up, he knows he ****ed up. Stapling him to the bench isn't going to make him play any better later on.
Stapling a guy like Jake to the bench for a few shifts or the majority of a period also just makes you have to play worse players in big minute roles, since we're not exactly a supremely well put together roster.
No way in hell. Babcock is vastly overrated and is a stubborn asshole who won't adjust the way he coaches.Just a thought after the leaf game....
Would you want babs over Sullivan next year?