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Distribution of the blame - who is at fault?
wallstreetamigo replied to Dazzle's topic in Canucks Talk
Are we really that much different culture wise than Buffalo has been? Or the Oilers pre-Holland? Or Arizona? Green is the same as a coach as he was as a player. Entitled and arrogant. -
Distribution of the blame - who is at fault?
wallstreetamigo replied to Dazzle's topic in Canucks Talk
You know, as much of a train wreck as the Torts year was, at least you knew he would be taking the heat right now to shield his players. So would AV. And Gillis. And Burke. Hell, even Desjardins would be. -
It’s long been my biggest complaint in how Green coaches. How he wants to play should not take priority over how the team needs to play to be successful. That is when you fire your coach actually. Its also funny that he got rid of every player who actually can play the style he wants. Chiasson hits but is slow af. Highmore is fast but is king of the drive by. Bailey kind of is just there most of the time.
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Distribution of the blame - who is at fault?
wallstreetamigo replied to Dazzle's topic in Canucks Talk
The missing ingredient on this team - from the owner down - is true accountability. They claim they demand it of the players to earn a spot (which is absolute BS considering who they keep and how they are used) but players aren’t stupid. You can see it in them that they don’t feel their GM and coach have their backs at all. And that they don’t accept any responsibility when things go sideways. -
Like I said, likeable is not a reason to keep a GM. I think this roster is better than it was for sure but the depth is still terrible. And sooner or later what a roster “should do” has to give way to what it actually does. Maybe that’s coaching but Benning thinks Green is not the issue. So he clearly can no longer do his job which is to objectively assess the weaknesses of this team and address them.
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You are totally correct that watching it live is much different than watching it on tv. I haven’t been live this year but even on tv I don’t see a lot of “lazy” from the players. I see a lot of confusion and guys trying to do too much with no puck support at all in either end though. The real tell for me that it’s the coaching and systems is that if you really watch the players they are doing the same things over and over with and away from the puck and are going to the same spots over and over despite it not working. No creativity. No adjusting in game by the players. No adjustments by the coach = no adjustments by the players 100% of the time.
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Distribution of the blame - who is at fault?
wallstreetamigo replied to Dazzle's topic in Canucks Talk
Does anyone really think the players were excited to hear both their coach and GM accept no responsibility and throw them under the bus? I don’t see how either of those men made things better with their comments. -
This is exactly what I see too. The players are trying to play the system and actually are for the most part. The problem is the systems are garbage and do not fit the strengths of this group of players. This is a puck possession forward group and a quick transition D group that needs to be able to rely on its skating defensively. So dump and chase offense and dump it out defense with no puck support on either is really not a good fit.
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How did he focus on solutions? His solution is a trade that as a desperate GM he is almost certain to get bent over on. He did commit to the coaches. They are still employed. He all but said it’s pretty much all on the players so get ready for our 1st or a core player to be traded. I don’t want a likeable GM. I want a GM who can get the job done.
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Distribution of the blame - who is at fault?
wallstreetamigo replied to Dazzle's topic in Canucks Talk
Both have as directly said it as they possibly could. While neither taking any responsibility for the teams struggles. No leadership from the top. The main goal of management and coaching has shifted to saving their own jobs over everything else. That seems to be a strong hint it’s time to fire them. I can’t wait to see all the Benning supporters defend him when he trades a core player for bottom 6 toughness and we get worse. -
This is as clear a picture as it gets. The team leading is invested in closing it out strong. The team losing is not.
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Distribution of the blame - who is at fault?
wallstreetamigo replied to Dazzle's topic in Canucks Talk
According to Benning and Green, it’s 100% on the players. Great leadership there. -
So where can we watch that train wreck interview again?
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Told you
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The only sure thing to come of this is since Benning is so alarmingly bad at stringing a sentence together and communicating any point clearly, this will not be confidence inspiring. It will simply further prove he is kind of a dim bulb who has no clue what is going on. And it will accent that he actually has no plan. What there will be is plenty of excuses about uncontrollable factors that are responsible for everything going wrong.
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Let me guess.
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Is anyone else kind of terrified that Benning will trade this years first for an over the hill veteran then we will finally win the draft lottery?
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I don’t know. Listening to what they said through those years gives me a different impression of them tbh. I think it’s mostly the owner but I think the Sedins were part of the problem too. They never seemed willing to take a backseat right until the end. I love the Sedins but they were as delusional as anyone about the veterans of the team needing to be the main guys.
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The only way this team was winning a cup with the Sedins is if they took low contracts and as older players because they were the second line behind a better and younger top line. They should have done a partial rebuild after 2012.