StrikingDistance
Buford T. Justice
Our killer instinct sucks, our coach insists on using the wrong personnel, Willy hasn't been a positive factor, and our goalies can't make a crucial save when needed. I stand by my original avatar idea.
You’ll tell yourself you need to see how it ends already knowing full well how it ends. At this point, you have no one to blame but yourself. The Capitals exist to punish you and you exist to be punished by the Capitals. You’ll talk yourself into watching the reboot a few years down the road with a newer, younger cast in the hopes things will be different.
They won’t. This is your fate—to be furious.
This is the problem with a focus that's predominantly effort-based. You end up with players trying to do too much all over the ice basically playing on adrenaline and little grasp that it's intelligence, cohesion, poise and decision-making that are crucial. Their mental game continues to be horrifically inadequate. Better coaching can shift the emphasis in a new and ideally more intelligent direction but these pupils are none too bright. It's going to be a tall task for any coach to come in and fix all of their shortcomings, particularly as cap constraints and age continue to be factors.You should be able to coach stupid out of a player. Either Trotz isn’t up to it, or Wilson is too dumb to get it.
The series:
God I wish we had him back at this point
God I wish we had him back at this point
Btw, is Lars Eller doing anything? I think not. /// I mean, Eller better step up too.
this series is not even close to over. Caps win both in columbus. you heard it here first!
GMGM claimed he hired Hunter due to his record with London and of course we know another Cap alumni. People can say what they want though, Hunter instilled playoff hockey and the Caps almost made the ECF until Ward's penalty in Game 6.Dale Hunter as coach was a strange choice....
\Dale Hunter as coach was a strange choice....
I think Lars will come around soon. He seems to be in the right places and grinding it out in the busy areas.Btw, is Lars Eller doing anything? I think not. Kinda lost in all conversations that secondary scoring is lost. Only Orpik and Beagle (whom many here want to see wasted in the offseason) provided something.
I mean, Eller better step up too.