RandyHolt
Keep truckin'
- Nov 3, 2006
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you know....I had not considered this, but RH....you make me consider it. McPhee's slip about the goaltending to Michaletti. We have all figure that was a shot at the goalies. Maybe that was a shot across the bow of the coaching. Be it Oates or Kolzig that was demanding all this change in their playing styles.
Sure enough after that comment, the goaltending has been pretty solid. So, whoever that comment was pointed at, it seems to have struck its intended target.
Its kind of an NFL Shanahan move... working the media like a master.
It just seems risky that George was depending on that to make it out to the mainstream media to get his point across. I guess if it didn't get out, he could have tried another means. Or, maybe he told Michaletti to report it out.
I question why he would not stand up for his prospects his livelihood, and confront coaches when they are radically changing how all his young tenders tend, and failing it at.
The more I think about it, it had to be Oates. If it was Kolzigs idea, Oates still bought in and should have halted it sooner.
The O in Oates stands for overthinking.