IBatch Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Dont know if I put the correct tag on this so apologies just in case. This may be just another thread about debating the merits of our current head coach and the challenges he has every game day worked with this yo-yo of a roster...And it may be headed into right into the wave of popular opinion that his reign should stopped. I am not necessarily pro Willie but at least for now I am pro stability. And I don't think he may even be overachieving. One of the biggest metrics one can use to determine if a coach is doing better than a team on paper should be doing is home games ( last change) or road games ( first and only change). It's a simple eye test to see how he does at matching lines when he actually can. So far this season our home record is 11-6-2 second best in our division and road record is second worse in the league at 4-12-1. Part of this descrepencie will be preparation...But a lot of it will be an inability to get the match ups Willie wants. It does show that when he can hold more cards he does way more with his line-up and assuredly is part of the reason management publicly is backing him up. At least for now I honestly don't see a coach change as the best option. This team likes him despite that he isn't as enduring a guy as Larry Robinson or McLean were. And he is no Torts. And he did squeeze one more 100plus point season out of the "stale" core. More than anything I just want a coach the guys can rally around and grow with....Willie is not as bad a tactician as some suggests...Backed up by his home versus road winning percentage...One of the best in the conference...Who knows if he can squeeze every last drop out of the players on the road this team could even have an outside chance on a wild card spot...Not bad considering we are supposed to be below.COL. Blast away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 1 minute ago, IBatch said: Dont know if I put the correct tag on this so apologies just in case. This may be just another thread about debating the merits of our current head coach and the challenges he has every game day worked with this yo-yo of a roster...And it may be headed into right into the wave of popular opinion that his reign should stopped. I am not necessarily pro Willie but at least for now I am pro stability. And I don't think he may even be overachieving. One of the biggest metrics one can use to determine if a coach is doing better than a team on paper should be doing is home games ( last change) or road games ( first and only change). It's a simple eye test to see how he does at matching lines when he actually can. So far this season our home record is 11-6-2 second best in our division and road record is second worse in the league at 4-12-1. Part of this descrepencie will be preparation...But a lot of it will be an inability to get the match ups Willie wants. It does show that when he can hold more cards he does way more with his line-up and assuredly is part of the reason management publicly is backing him up. At least for now I honestly don't see a coach change as the best option. This team likes him despite that he isn't as enduring a guy as Larry Robinson or McLean were. And he is no Torts. And he did squeeze one more 100plus point season out of the "stale" core. More than anything I just want a coach the guys can rally around and grow with....Willie is not as bad a tactician as some suggests...Backed up by his home versus road winning percentage...One of the best in the conference...Who knows if he can squeeze every last drop out of the players on the road this team could even have an outside chance on a wild card spot...Not bad considering we are supposed to be below.COL. Blast away. In before the lock:) Willie matches lines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBatch Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 Ugh that bad huh...First topic thread in a while too lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyIe Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 To me it sometimes seems like Willie doesn't even bother trying to match lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xereau Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Maybe he becomes the 1st head coach in Vegas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocksterh8 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 I agree with you but we really don't need any more Willie threads. Please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Positive Canuck Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 only reason that he hasn't been canned is because ownership doesn't want to pay him to not work then have to pay another guy to coach these bums to more losses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForsbergTheGreat Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 What happened last year? Home 15-21-5 Away 16-17-8 Only Toronto had a worse home record than us. Coaching isn't/shouldn't be judged based on a road vs home record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-23 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Another thread wanting Willie out of here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBatch Posted December 30, 2016 Author Share Posted December 30, 2016 1 hour ago, ForsbergTheGreat said: What happened last year? Home 15-21-5 Away 16-17-8 Only Toronto had a worse home record than us. Coaching isn't/shouldn't be judged based on a road vs home record. Of course not...But it something they are doing seems to work better at home . Maybe this will change and maybe his NHL career will go up in smoke. But it's hard to argue that so far things look bad at home...And yes coaching plays role in that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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