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Originally Posted by ECWHSWI
and yet they all had a better 2nd half... Subban went from struggling defensively to being solid - enough to be our #1D at seasons end, Eller went from looking like a Jr to playing solid all around hockey (although offense prod wasnt there much, he DID play better), DD and Pacc came and contributed, White was called up and did ok, Price had a great season...
but I get it now, Price example says it all
not great in 09-10 : JM fault
great in 10-11 : despite JM
same applies for every youngsters...
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not sure if you're serious or just being obtuse
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Originally Posted by Miller Time
but that's irrelevant, because an individual players success/failure is never entirely the coaches "fault", nor is it "thanks" to the coach.
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young players should be getting better as the season progresses... regardless of the coach. likewise, young players should have up and downs, regardless of the coach.
thing is, that with a coach that holds such a tight leash on young players, especially when it's a double-standard with the veterans, what tends to happen is that the ups/downs spikes are much bigger (and mostly because the lows are much lower than they need/should be... see Subban)
go no further than the comments, from vets/young players alike, we see consistently from the players who have played for Boucher in his short career...
some coaches are better than others at bringing the best out of their athletes, and Martin does not seem to be one of those (even while I'd also argue that he does an excellent job of getting a lot out of the team as a whole, DESPITE wasting even greater heights by treating hte young players as he does)