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interstorm wrote:Hugo Stiglitz wrote:I haven't commented much on Bylsma because I think it's pointless to really do so anymore. I'm not happy with him. He's a good coach, I won't take that away from him, but he's not the coach this team needs anymore. He's an excellent coach if the players brought in are ones that fit into his system. A truly excellent great coach is one who understands what he has to work with and builds his system around that.
I honestly think so many people are getting carried away by the philly series - we haven't gotten over it either.
how can one blame HCDB for a bad system when the players didn't follow it? you can blame the coach for losing control of the team -- but he isn't on the ice and he isn't making the split second decisions. he wasn't lovejoy throwing the puck across the crease, he wasn't duper carrying (and losing) the puck up ice shorthanded with a few seconds left, he wasn't MAF letting soft goals in (side note: i don't blame 29 at all - he just played too many games this year. our new backup will be a very welcome addition). the philly series was over at the end of game 1. the flyers were in the players heads and they went out there and played like immature raving lunatics. i think we had some bad luck, i think the flyers caught some breaks, i think a long season wore on our goaltender and i think the players were filled with so much hate for their opponent that they flew off the rails. i honestly think it is that simple.
HCDB deserves the blame for not keeping his player's heads on straight -- that much is certain. the "system" though - that never got a real change to get going. i am glad bylsma will be back - i think shero made the right move showing confidence in him. i will keep him on a short(er) leash during the season but really, what has happened over the last few years to make one believe the regular season will be an issue?
that right there is the crux...
so many of us are saying he doesn't know how to coach - that he gets outdone by his opponent behind the bench. really? really? playoffs ramp up the intensity but we should dismiss the fact that he doesn't know what he is doing. he did win a cup, one FHCMT may not have gotten. he has overachieved when the team was left for dead (and i'm not talking about last year guys...how many of you threw in the towel this year).
if you go back in time to the night before game 1 of this year's playoffs and someone told you the pens were going to win - i am sure every one of you would be high on the disco dan bandwagon. that alone shows how much this loss stings -- one series (forget tampa and montreal) -- turned so many of you around. one series!
anyway - not too much to really say other than we gotta move on...
Gaucho wrote:Their trouble started when they got away from it.
sil wrote:owtahear wrote:sil wrote:Malkamaniac wrote:lol this major quote from him can't even admit that his system failed and he did nothing to adjust.
Perhaps Bylsma is one of the LGP posters who blames the whole collapse on Fleury alone?
Certainly not Fleury alone. But MAF was AWEFUL! HORRIBLE! SUCKED! If he even played with mediocrity for him, they likely advance.
This is the kind of stuff I just simply don't get. You agree that it wasn't him alone, but then say that if he played mediocre, we advance? Did you really think the Flyers just barely squeaked past us and if Flower had made 5-6 more key saves...we win that series? Our defensive core was eaten alive by Flyers forecheckers in our zone, and our forwards (sans Staal and Neal) did about as little defensive work as possible. While it's 100% a given that Fleury played very bad in that series, I really don't see us winning it even if he'd played lights-out goaltending.
DontToewsMeBro wrote:I would like somebody to go into detail about what Bylsmas system is. Then explain to me how well the Penguins were executing it in the playoffs. Please, go right ahead.
DontToewsMeBro wrote:I would like somebody to go into detail about what Bylsmas system is. Then explain to me how well the Penguins were executing it in the playoffs. Please, go right ahead.
Gaucho wrote:It's not like other teams completely alter their playing style and system once they get into the playoffs. The Pens have obliterated some of the best teams in the league in March playing their style. Their trouble started when they got away from it.
shmenguin wrote:this is a bash bylsma bashing fleury thread.
it's thunderdome
shmenguin wrote:this is a bash bylsma bashing fleury thread.
it's thunderdome
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