Serious question... should we trust JR? I seriously fear when he's allowed to make moves because he's going to shit all over this team. His comments lately have been horrible and I love this idiot continues to support JJ while there is countless evidence that he sucks.
His comments to me, seemed like he was trying to be JJ's fluffer to the trade market. He said the things you'd hear someone that didn't want to diminish an asset he wants to get rid of, say.
Things you always hear...
"He's a fantastic coach, he has my confidence" - Before he's fired.
"We're not actively looking to trade him, he's been great for us." - Before's traded.
All JJ said was that you need the right partner for him, that he's been better than stats suggest, and that he's basically a good dude. That to me, is selling.
I wonder what people will think when JR does dump JJ after saying that and Sullivan does his usual bs and somehow, JR will still be blamed. It's what it feels like the last 2yrs. Sully has put JR in bad spots already, you can't side with your coach and then keep the player as well, which is why Cole had to go, a fantastic player on the Pens, struggled that year, but he was turning it around. Pens have been trying to replace Cole since. Oleksiak? Miscast and misused, oddly enough when he was moved, Ken Hitchcock literally came out and said he regretted the way he tried to develop and play Oleksiak in his off side, what does Sullivan & Co do? Play him on his off side and try to make him a Cole type of player (when Oleksiak kept showing his PMD skills, they seemed to punish him for it).
The usage of Riikola vs Johnson.
The usage of Johnson, period.
You know what, f*** it, the way he acted like a punk ass bitch about Sprong, he looked good with Geno in the brief moments he got a shot to play with him, but he forced him on Sid's wing and when that didn't work, basically acted like he gave him a fair shot and it was ok to f*** him about. JR had to FIX that by getting Pettersson as a return.
Blueger called sat, when he should have played.
Keeping Hornqvist away from Sid's line, when there's more than enough evidence to suggest they're great as a trio - Jake-Sid-Horny.
Splitting Jake away from Geno this year when Jake & Geno were more magic than Sid & Jake were this year, just for this year, he could have gone Jake-Geno-Rust and kept Zucker-Crosby-Sheary together, the latter was showing great momentum before the season ended.
Playing Murray over Jarry when in every showing, Jarry out played Murray, like he did during the season.
Sorry, JR is flawed af, but Sullivan is far worse. I can't sit here and act like firing JR and keeping Sully is a right move in any kind of sane or rational thought.