Cole Caulifield
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- Apr 22, 2004
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If you were a coach, would you use all your best ideas at game #1 knowing that a team is a living breathing organism that needs regular jump starts and inflections of energy throughout the regular season ?
Would you use all of your best line combos that make the most sense giving every other team tons of footage of what you will do in the playoffs ? And will your answer change if you have a truly elite team for which you don't need to keep stuff hidden because no other team can really match your roster and everyone knows what you will do anyway ?
What's the real objective behind the regular season ? Is it to go through it expanding every and all efforts to be the best you can be for the regular season ? Or is it a platform for the playoffs ?
Would you use all of your best line combos that make the most sense giving every other team tons of footage of what you will do in the playoffs ? And will your answer change if you have a truly elite team for which you don't need to keep stuff hidden because no other team can really match your roster and everyone knows what you will do anyway ?
What's the real objective behind the regular season ? Is it to go through it expanding every and all efforts to be the best you can be for the regular season ? Or is it a platform for the playoffs ?