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Maybe we should just, you know, wait for the season.
You're no fun.
Maybe we should just, you know, wait for the season.
My biggest hangup for projecting anything is Brind’amour. We can all see what we would think he is as a coach based on what he was as a player, but who knows really.
Yeah, I hated when Peters would tell the guys to take it easy on the other team.The biggest difference I think we'll notice is in the competitiveness of the 1-on-1 battles all over the ice (i.e. we're going to win more of them).
Maybe we should just, you know, wait for the season.
Yeah, I hated when Peters would tell the guys to take it easy on the other team.
CH.com: You've had Rod Brind'Amour as an assistant coach, and now you get to have him as a head coach. What do you think he's going to bring behind the bench?
Slavin: He's such an outstanding guy. I think he's going to bring a sense of work ethic, like his game when he played. He's going to expect that out of us every single night and every single practice and expect it to be 110 percent all the time, never taking a shift off or a night off. Having that mentality from the top down is going to be a big influence on our team.
The Full 60: Jaccob Slavin
CH.com: You've had Rod Brind'Amour as an assistant coach, and now you get to have him as a head coach. What do you think he's going to bring behind the bench?
Slavin: He's such an outstanding guy. I think he's going to bring a sense of work ethic, like his game when he played. He's going to expect that out of us every single night and every single practice and expect it to be 110 percent all the time, never taking a shift off or a night off. Having that mentality from the top down is going to be a big influence on our team.
The Full 60: Jaccob Slavin
So you are telling me that Slavin believes Peters did not have the expectation that they should give 110 percent all the time? Peters was ok with 90 percent some games, and assistant coach RBA just sat on his hands when Peters suggested such effort? Or maybe, this is just player interview speech where a prominent player is asked about his new coach and decides to say a few PC cliches instead of the truth?
I know what I think is more likely.
So you are telling me that Slavin believes Peters did not have the expectation that they should give 110 percent all the time? Peters was ok with 90 percent some games, and assistant coach RBA just sat on his hands when Peters suggested such effort? Or maybe, this is just player interview speech where a prominent player is asked about his new coach and decides to say a few PC cliches instead of the truth?
I know what I think is more likely.
How do all the other coaches get the best out of their players? Did Lavi out work RBA to get his best effort? Did Trotz outwork Ovi in the weight room?It's one thing to have your head coach tell you to work hard. It's another to have a head coach who can actually outwork you in the weight room and won't stand for your nonsense.
How do all the other coaches get the best out of their players? Did Lavi out work RBA to get his best effort? Did Trotz outwork Ovi in the weight room?
This whole line of RBA won't take no half-ass efforts and he'll demand 110 percent just sounds like a bunch of cliche crap that is passed out when nobody has anything else they can think of that RBA will actually be able to do.
Should be a fun season.
I never claimed that they were. I was merely questioning the link between motivation and being able to "outwork you in the weight room." Motivation is important. So are structures/systems that help a player/team succeed. I hope we didn't trade one deficiency for another.But please, let's dispense with the fiction that all coaches are equally skilled at motivating their players.
I think you are both kind of right. But only time will tell how it really goes. Hopefully Rod will prove that he has some skills on the tactical side and his motivating skills work well even outside the weight room. That’s what would make me happy at least.I never claimed that they were. I was merely questioning the link between motivation and being able to "outwork you in the weight room." Motivation is important. So are structures/systems that help a player/team succeed. I hope we didn't trade one deficiency for another.
I certainly find it very plausible that it's potentially very motivational to have a guy who's hired to wear a suit outdo you in the weight room if you don't really push it yourself. There's the added element that it drives you to push it on the mental and tactical side too, to be able to challenge and outdo him in his job, just to be on the safe side if you happen to lose in the weight room.I never claimed that they were. I was merely questioning the link between motivation and being able to "outwork you in the weight room." Motivation is important. So are structures/systems that help a player/team succeed. I hope we didn't trade one deficiency for another.
Peters notoriously told the room to give their 80%, 80% of the time.
Brind'Amour will likely ask for 95%, 75% of the time.
So it's different.
this is a 7.25% improvement
Some coaches are better tacticians. Some are better motivators.
BP made claims on the former. RB makes claims on the latter. Will those claims hold up? We shall see.
But please, let's dispense with the fiction that all coaches are equally skilled at motivating their players.
I never claimed that they were. I was merely questioning the link between motivation and being able to "outwork you in the weight room."
CH.com: You've had Rod Brind'Amour as an assistant coach, and now you get to have him as a head coach. What do you think he's going to bring behind the bench?
Slavin: He's such an outstanding guy. I think he's going to bring a sense of work ethic, like his game when he played. He's going to expect that out of us every single night and every single practice and expect it to be 110 percent all the time, never taking a shift off or a night off. Having that mentality from the top down is going to be a big influence on our team.
The Full 60: Jaccob Slavin