stempniaksen
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DJ has to think about DJ first and foremost. If he wants to keep working in the NHL and establish himself as a legitimate head coach he needs as many wins as he can get.
Maybe "job" was not the right word. How about this: new head coaches are heavily incentivised to win as many games as they can so that they keep working as HCs. Eventually he will leave Ottawa and he needs as good a track record as possible to get another HC job.
That being said, he's definitely taking it too far by playing Chabot so much. My point is more that is Dorion's "problem" because he is the manager, Dorion needs to either:
- Tell him to play Chabot less which is a big no-no in terms of etiquette
- Give DJ better players which the better option
Everybody on the bench wants to win. It isn't their job to manage the roster, that's the GM's job.
I'm not in full disagreement here, that's obviously how things work for "normal" franchises trying to win games, I just think that part of what PD should be evaluating DJ on is his ability to develop the kids and in some cases (Chabot playing way too much being one of them) he's ultimately failing.
The best way for DJS to ensure he'll have more opportunities once he moves on from the Sens (or they move on fro him) is to pile up wins. The best way for DJS to ensure he remains HC of the Ottawa Senators is to put just as much emphasis on development as he does on wins, at least in the short term. It's certainly more of a Dorion problem, but that doesn't mean it's not (at least partially) a DJ Smith problem too.