Well see, that's the problem. There's no middle ground here. You don't have to believe everything he says to believe some things. Just because someone doesn't want him run out of town on a rail and doesn't complain about everything he does doesn't mean they don't have any problems with him whatsoever.
I liked the idea of Letang at forward too, but it was idiotic to try it for the first time in a tie game.
I'm not trying to pull the ole "have u even played this game!??!!" argument... but have you? People who think going to wing from defense because they are offensive minded are insane. It is an extremely difficult thing to do. Just because a guy is an offensive minded defender (which Tangers really isn't a full offensive minded guy), doesn't mean he understands the wing position. It's COMPLETELY different.
And it is odd we complain about moving iginla from left to right wing, then push for a change like Letang to wing.... I don't understand it
In fairness, the same can be said for the opposite side. There's been quite a few comments about how this board is unreadable or that everyone is just parroting comments, and that there's only a handful of worthwhile posters to read now. Isn't that a passive aggressive way of insulting/condescending to people they disagree with?
I certainly get a holier-than-thou vibe from a lot of folks who defend the club/Bylsma, the tone suggesting anyone who actually criticizes Bylsma is an idiot and isn't worth reading.
I'm not trying to pull the ole "have u even played this game!??!!" argument... but have you? People who think going to wing from defense because they are offensive minded are insane. It is an extremely difficult thing to do. Just because a guy is an offensive minded defender (which Tangers really isn't a full offensive minded guy), doesn't mean he understands the wing position. It's COMPLETELY different.
We. We complain. We have a thought. We like Megna. We don't like Orpik. We like Despres. We think Shero is a dope. We don't like Bylsma. We're confused about Pyatt. We, we, we, all the way home.....
It seems like the cool thing to defend DB. Like only those idiots that revert to the HF hive mentality think that Db is a bad coach, and their opinions aren't worth hearing. Us knowledgeable fans know that there is nothing wrong with this team.
I don't know how you could possibly think that. This board is dominated by negativity and cynicism. Every win is met with the usual "regular season cups!" sarcasm and every loss is met with 20 pages of people acting a little too pleased with themselves for being proven "right". Practically every thread, regardless of the topic, eventually careens it's way to being about Bylsma's ineptitude.
Compare the number of outspoken Bylsma critics to the number of defenders and you'll realize that it's not very close. And I say this as someone that is much closer to a critic than a defender. Most of the criticisms are valid but let's at least be honest about the way things are around here now. That Boston series did quite a number on this fan base.
No, the Boston series just reinforced what most of the doom-sayers were already thinking after the Philadelphia debacle.
Hell, the Philadelphia debacle is what turned me against Letang, where he stupidly tried to pull a Talbot 2.0 and it backfired spectacularly.
And it is odd we complain about moving iginla from left to right wing, then push for a change like Letang to wing.... I don't understand it
Started with the Islanders series for me...
We were heavily outcoached and outplayed at times in that series. If Nabokov wasn't awful, the Isles win that series and it would've been 1993 all over again.
I don't know how you could possibly think that. This board is dominated by negativity and cynicism. Every win is met with the usual "regular season cups!" sarcasm and every loss is met with 20 pages of people acting a little too pleased with themselves for being proven "right". Practically every thread, regardless of the topic, eventually careens it's way to being about Bylsma's ineptitude.
Compare the number of outspoken Bylsma critics to the number of defenders and you'll realize that it's not very close. And I say this as someone that is much closer to a critic than a defender. Most of the criticisms are valid but let's at least be honest about the way things are around here now. That Boston series did quite a number on this fan base.
I'm not trying to pull the ole "have u even played this game!??!!" argument... but have you? People who think going to wing from defense because they are offensive minded are insane. It is an extremely difficult thing to do. Just because a guy is an offensive minded defender (which Tangers really isn't a full offensive minded guy), doesn't mean he understands the wing position. It's COMPLETELY different.
A coach puts a player out there for the first time knowing that player does not know his role in that position..... but it's the player's fault? I am not sure I agree with you there. Not one bit.
A coach puts a player out there for the first time knowing that player does not know his role in that position..... but it's the player's fault? I am not sure I agree with you there. Not one bit.