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+ (Devils) Come on.. hatty on cancer night. Good on Boyle.
- (Pens) Everything. They went out last Tuesday and demolished the Isles but lost. That completely broke them. They've been pathetic since.
+ (Pens) Nothing. Sid and Geno were brutal and the team followed their lead.
So let's have discussions because this game was a dumpster fire and especially our two best players. The fact Murray kept us from having a 10 goal beat down is saying something.
Sully needs to make changes and it's not just juggling lines. He built a culture on accountability and it's been thrown in the shitter as these stars and his former Cup winning players are given passes and guys like Sprong/Simon are whipped around for a few bad turnovers. For a culture to work, everyone has to adhere to the culture. This isn't a pick and choose situation. Geno and Sid should be embarrassed for their recent efforts. As I wrote on the GDT, in regards to Sully needing to change:
We make it out to be an easy job, but the #1 toughest job in the world was adapting to change when you were the change of the entire game of hockey. No joke - you could probably make 2-3 NHL teams with the ham/eggers that were let go in order to get young fast players into lineups. In 2 years, everything changed, and we were the reason why. So the gap was DEFINITELY going to close in the speed game. No doubt about it. So the next step was to think ahead of the curve. I think the best solution to beating these speed teams is to take the Caps route from last year. Close it up and transition with speed as opposed to trying to be just as fast. It's a GREAT concept. One the Pens should have taken first.
So stop juggling lines and hoping for the best. Make structural changes and rebuild the culture. This even goes back to Maatta not being sat to start the season. Riikola deserved a sweater in the opening night. Not saying he deserved to keep the sweater with his play, but you should have rewarded effort in camp/preseason. Sully didn't. And if you don't think it has an affect on the culture, you are crazy. And it's stayed consistently poor ever since. You cannot pick and choose favorites. If you do, you start to lose the team. He's losing this team.
- (Pens) Everything. They went out last Tuesday and demolished the Isles but lost. That completely broke them. They've been pathetic since.
+ (Pens) Nothing. Sid and Geno were brutal and the team followed their lead.
So let's have discussions because this game was a dumpster fire and especially our two best players. The fact Murray kept us from having a 10 goal beat down is saying something.
Sully needs to make changes and it's not just juggling lines. He built a culture on accountability and it's been thrown in the shitter as these stars and his former Cup winning players are given passes and guys like Sprong/Simon are whipped around for a few bad turnovers. For a culture to work, everyone has to adhere to the culture. This isn't a pick and choose situation. Geno and Sid should be embarrassed for their recent efforts. As I wrote on the GDT, in regards to Sully needing to change:
We make it out to be an easy job, but the #1 toughest job in the world was adapting to change when you were the change of the entire game of hockey. No joke - you could probably make 2-3 NHL teams with the ham/eggers that were let go in order to get young fast players into lineups. In 2 years, everything changed, and we were the reason why. So the gap was DEFINITELY going to close in the speed game. No doubt about it. So the next step was to think ahead of the curve. I think the best solution to beating these speed teams is to take the Caps route from last year. Close it up and transition with speed as opposed to trying to be just as fast. It's a GREAT concept. One the Pens should have taken first.
So stop juggling lines and hoping for the best. Make structural changes and rebuild the culture. This even goes back to Maatta not being sat to start the season. Riikola deserved a sweater in the opening night. Not saying he deserved to keep the sweater with his play, but you should have rewarded effort in camp/preseason. Sully didn't. And if you don't think it has an affect on the culture, you are crazy. And it's stayed consistently poor ever since. You cannot pick and choose favorites. If you do, you start to lose the team. He's losing this team.
