You are still out to lunch on my stance but thanks for trying.
I'm well aware that this team will suck for the foreseeable future. I'm also happy with the stockpiling of assets as we've moved out established players. I expect another infusion the next two drafts of more young talent due to the amount of 1st and 2nd rounders we have now and will likely accumulate with future moves. I have a ton of faith in Regier to acquire as many assets as possible in future trades and I also have a ton of faith in Devine to get the most out of those picks regardless of where they are.
My issue is with how the young players/prospects are currently being developed (or not) at the moment. Many on here are too giddy about how high we will draft to care about that. Its due in large part to the feeling that we will draft a franchise players, blue-chipper, etc. in each of the next two drafts so its all good. Basically nothing matters with the current youngsters because our saviors will be drafted the next two years. Well thats possible but not likely. What is highly likely is we add a lot of talented kids. This will be a great thing and help the rebuild but I don't get the sense many are looking at things this way. Its the next two top picks will save the franchise for many.
Nor do they realize that to realistically get all the pieces needed will require moving many of the recently acquired and future assets in trades, occasionally with overpayments. Part of finding out what we will need is developing the current crop of young players/prospects to see what we have in the first place. I don't see Rolston doing that. So I'm not happy about him being here nor am I happy with how some of the youngsters are being handled period (like a few should be sent elsewhere) The fact that he will lead us to a top 2 pick in a draft year with no discernible franchise players in it does not trump my concerns.
EDIT: and who the hell is in that pic shaking his head?
I don't know if bad coaching can truly ruin talented players, but I know that our young players certainly aren't learning NHL-level strategies from him, so they are not developing properly.
I may be in the minority, but I'd rather pick in the 5-10 slot with good coaching to teach the young'uns than tank just for the sake of picking number 1 or 2.
The point is, nobody should be supporting a terrible coach for the sole purpose of trying to get a better draft pick. Player development is more important.
"It's the most embarrassed I've been in my career," Moulson said. (RE: Benching)
Start to worry about him destroying the culture. No one will ever want to play here.
Rolston is now at Fredo stage.
You are still out to lunch on my stance but thanks for trying.
I'm well aware that this team will suck for the foreseeable future. I'm also happy with the stockpiling of assets as we've moved out established players. I expect another infusion the next two drafts of more young talent due to the amount of 1st and 2nd rounders we have now and will likely accumulate with future moves. I have a ton of faith in Regier to acquire as many assets as possible in future trades and I also have a ton of faith in Devine to get the most out of those picks regardless of where they are.
My issue is with how the young players/prospects are currently being developed (or not) at the moment. Many on here are too giddy about how high we will draft to care about that. Its due in large part to the feeling that we will draft a franchise players, blue-chipper, etc. in each of the next two drafts so its all good. Basically nothing matters with the current youngsters because our saviors will be drafted the next two years. Well thats possible but not likely. What is highly likely is we add a lot of talented kids. This will be a great thing and help the rebuild but I don't get the sense many are looking at things this way. Its the next two top picks will save the franchise for many.
Nor do they realize that to realistically get all the pieces needed will require moving many of the recently acquired and future assets in trades, occasionally with overpayments. Part of finding out what we will need is developing the current crop of young players/prospects to see what we have in the first place. I don't see Rolston doing that. So I'm not happy about him being here nor am I happy with how some of the youngsters are being handled period (like a few should be sent elsewhere) The fact that he will lead us to a top 2 pick in a draft year with no discernible franchise players in it does not trump my concerns.
EDIT: and who the hell is in that pic shaking his head?
He was banging the cocktail waitresses two at a time.Rolston is now at Fredo stage.
is he at the, "you couldn't belt your momma" stage
or the "you're nothing to me now" stage
?
The thread originator was proved right. Geez, how often does that happen?
@Real_ESPNLeBrun: One of Regier's worst decisions was keeping Rolston as his head coach. Few people around the league believe he was head coach material
Love the "over the top" dispair displayed in the OP. Thanks for the laugh.
struggle with this logic....
his success/failure this season is irrelevent to his hiring.
i agree they should have looked at other candidates this offseason and hired a coach looking at all candidadates out there and if he was the best one then fine.
How much of his coaching work was by following Darcy's tanking orders?
But to say he wasnt a coaching candidate is crazy.....
He coached team US U18 club, then he coaches for Rochester.
At the same time they are saying an assistant who has never coached a team is somehow a better candidate...
Paul Hamilton on GR right now said Myers, under Rolston, wasn't "allowed" to carry the puck. W.T.F. Probably the best part of his game is swooping up the ice and distributing or shooting once he gains the blueline with speed. Hoe. Lee. Crap.
He's at the point where Nero is returning in the fishing boat.