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"You don't wave the white flag" (surrender/tank). - Brian Burke. He thinks Marky should play this out and, despite thinking we won't make it, that the guys have to give it their best shot.
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The thing is, a head coach pretty much is concerned with the here and now (given that their shelf life often is subject to the whim's of the GM or wins/losses). A GM can afford to have a longer term perspective.
At the time, Roger Neilson felt the series was slipping away. He used that "white towel" to 'rally the troops'; and in that sense, he succeeded as the Canucks proceeded to win the next three games in the series & advance to the Finals. Remember to that he was technically just the 'interm coach' as he was only given the head coach reins because Harry Neale decided to pay a visit in the stands with some new friends in Quebec.
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Not surrendering,more like asking for FAIR treatment by the officials.
REFEREES AND UMPIRES CAN CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF GAMES ,JUST LOOK AT THAT RECENT NO CALL ON THE LA RAMS PLAYER AGAINST NEW ORLEANS,
Blatantly making a bad call sent the Rams to the Superbowl.
That is what i mean by a "FAIR"opportunity to win.
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A distinction should also be made that you can have REALLY AWFUL officiating but not really effecting the outcome of a series. For example that referring travesty in the Canucks-Sharks series a while back. Clearly the Sharks were the better team but they sure as heck didn't need all the help they received from the zebras. This is where that man of zero integrity Kelly Sutherland made his mark.
