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 Adam
Messages: 7757
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
6 Cups
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| oiltec wrote on Sun, 19 February 2023 16:50 |
| Adam wrote on Sun, 19 February 2023 23:28 |
| oiltec wrote on Sun, 19 February 2023 16:06 |
Can't wait to hear Woodcroft put a positive spin on this gong show. What's wrong with being honest with the players, not to mention the fans and tell it like it is. Giving away leads and losing in extra time is getting real old, real fast.
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Press conferences aren't for the players, and you only hurt yourself with them if you throw them under the bus to the media.
As for being honest to the fans? It's not important. The coach should insulate the roster from external distractions, not create more of them. That was a huge failing of some of our prior coaches, who were more concerned with having the media think them brilliant for being able to parse out mistakes just after the game.
The fans should NEVER be a coach or player's concern and the Oilers management should worry a whole lot less about them too.
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Com'on man, these are grown men, making big money playing a game. IMHO they are are too insulated as it is. And if fans don't matter then when the players say they appreciate the fans do you suggest they are making false statements.
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Players and teams appreciate the fans paying the money that makes the league possible. They enjoy the roar of the crowd when they score. But players and teams shouldn't spend much time on what you and I think about the powerplay or about their tactics or about the shootout selection. You and I can gripe about all those things as much as we want, but the team can't really listen to everyone, and they don't owe you any answers when things go wrong.
Players are held accountable. They see consequences in terms of the loss, in terms of ice time, in terms of job security. Imagine if in your job an error could get you sent to a lesser version of your organization, playing for a fraction of what you make now? Saying sunshine-y things to the media does not at all reflect what gets said behind closed doors, but it protects the players from a media group that doesn't have their best interests at heart and a fan base that is...well...let's just say that the "best fans in the NHL" is a big stretch. It's a fish bowl in Edmonton and if the coach is piling on, that's not helpful.
Woodcroft will undoubtedly address the mistakes to the players, as he should. The media? Forget those guys. They're super useless. If I was a coach or manager, I would be giving them virtually nothing every single day other than the occasional joke, mostly at their expense. I certainly would never ever single out one of my players to the media so they can set loose the wolves on them.
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
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