Post-Game Talk: Hey! We Suck! 3 Goats(and then some) of the game against the Isles

[Maine Fan]

The thing is that complete overhauls of Coaching staffs almost always happen during the OFFSEASON so expecting everyone to get the boot isn't realistic as much as it would make us feel better.

Then the fans should stay home and stop buying merchandise except season ticket holder and they should agree to stay home for one game with everyone else. Send a message to the ownership that enough is enough

 

[Call Me Al]

Special teams have cost this team points all week.

They lost 4-2 tonight. PK gave up a goal, and the PP failed to score 3 times and gave up a goal.

At worst they should have gotten this to OT

bad teams find ways to lose though. in 3 weeks the only team we’ve beaten is the flyers and they just fired their coach. if it’s not special teams it’s something else. they are just not good

 

[imMagnum]

Sounds like a coach on his last legs

I like Amanda but damn her questions have been terrible lately. Yesterday she focused on Nico's fight. Now she's firing off softball, excuse baiting questions. Same with the other reporters. Everyone in the organization is letting each other off the hook.

 

[Emperoreddy]

bad teams find ways to lose though. in 3 weeks the only team we’ve beaten is the flyers and they just fired their coach. if it’s not special teams it’s something else. they are just not good

If management just takes that attitude then nothing will change.

Special teams are why the team keeps losing. They need to correct that.

 

[Emperoreddy]

I like Amanda but damn her questions have been terrible lately. Yesterday she focused on Nico's fight. Now she's firing off softball, excuse baiting questions. Same with the other reporters. Everyone in the organization is letting each other off the hook.

It's not really her job. Problem is we have no beat reporters covering the team to ask.

Reporters don't ask tough questions to coaches anymore for the majority of teams around the league. Teams will just pull a reporters access if they feel they are too saucy.

 

[Whaddagoal]

Recently... Dougie has been pulling a subban in offemsive effectiveness. I was hoping hed pull out a big 3rd period but he shanked it on his opportunities.


I dont know what is going on but its not looking right....

 

[Emperoreddy]

Recently... Dougie has been pulling a subban in offemsive effectiveness. I was hoping hed pull out a big 3rd period but he shanked it on his opportunities.


I dont know what is going on but its not looking right....

This staff managed to take one of the best 5 on 4 players in the league qnd make him look inept.

 

[Cheddabombs]

I think it's clear, sooner or later (hopefully sooner) big changes need to happen. Whether that's the coaching staff, moving a 'core' piece, or both. Something has to give. No one thought we'd be world beaters this year but there was still an expectation there'd be a clear step forward. That hasn't been there, in some cases it's been a step backwards.

 

[Maine Fan]

Sounds like a coach on his last legs

Sounds like a coach that wasn't hired to win games!

 

[Devs3cups]

This staff managed to take one of the best 5 on 4 players in the league qnd make him look inept.

I just don’t get it… If the PP is so bad (which it absolutely is), why isn’t the staff changing anything? So frustrating.

 

[jkrdevil]

It's not really her job. Problem is we have no beat reporters covering the team to ask.

Reporters don't ask tough questions to coaches anymore for the majority of teams around the league. Teams will just pull a reporters access if they feel they are too saucy.

Yes. That said a competent organization would allow their in house reporters to ask someone challenging questions (not snippy gotacha questions, but legit questions) because they understand that their customers are smart and can see through the rose colored bullshit and want to be able to sell accountability. We don’t have that type of organization though.

 

[NjDevsRR]

I have to give actual props Geersten. Going up against Chara is terrifying stuff.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Yes. That said a competent organization would allow their in house reporters to ask someone challenging questions (not snippy gotacha questions, but legit questions) because they understand that their customers are smart and can see through the rose colored bullshit and want to be able to sell accountability. We don’t have that type of organization though.

No organization in the league does that

 

[Maine Fan]

If management just takes that attitude then nothing will change.

Special teams are why the team keeps losing. They need to correct that.

I've been saying ownership for the past few years.

 

[jkrdevil]

No organization in the league does that

It is a very close minded sport. I know that.

 

[Auto Pilot]

The entire staff has to go at this point. This is insane. The pp is barely positive goal differential. 9-6.

 

[Emperoreddy]

I just don’t get it… If the PP is so bad (which it absolutely is), why isn’t the staff changing anything? So frustrating.

Ruff very much seems to adopt this attitude thats its all on the players and they will simply figure it out at some point.

 

[Whaddagoal]

Subban at least said it atraight. No excuses this team is deep enough to not have a excuse to say covid protocol....yadayada

Should have executed better

 

[Devs3cups]

Ruff very much seems to adopt this attitude thats its all on the players and they will simply figure it out at some point.

It’s so weird… I’ll admit out first PP was real good tonight. But if they can’t pull it off consistently, something’s gotta give.

 

[Emperoreddy]

It is a very close minded sport. I know that.

Boys club too. It wouldn't shock me one bit to see some old coach try to get a female employee fired because they felt media questions were too uppity.

They have done way worse.

Why you need independent press, but that's pretty much never going to happen. Local papers are dead and what's left aren't spending money to send a reporter on the road, and the Atlantic isn't really interested in that kind of coverage.

 

[Forge]

When does Fitz make the list? He's not holding anyone accountable for being out the playoff race again by December.

When chayka is eligible to be hired

 

[Emperoreddy]

 

[Billdo]

I like Amanda but damn her questions have been terrible lately. Yesterday she focused on Nico's fight. Now she's firing off softball, excuse baiting questions. Same with the other reporters. Everyone in the organization is letting each other off the hook.

She works for the team, for the millionth time. She's not a reporter. She's a glorified PR rep. She's never going to ask ANY "tough" questions.

 

[jkrdevil]

As to your previous point about an old boys club.

 

[MadDevil]

Subban at least said it atraight. No excuses this team is deep enough to not have a excuse to say covid protocol....yadayada

Should have executed better

Yeah well at this point I'm tired of hearing players "saying the right things" and then not following through with them on the ice. As much as we all want to shit on the coaching (and it's not completely undeserved) this ain't rocket science or something where players should need their hands held constantly to execute properly.