SteelCity08

**** Boston...

I hear ya.. I just keep telling myself that 09/10 didn't really get going until late Dec.

I thought we were having a simple debate, each giving arguments. That all changed when things had to get personal.

Dude you can't be serious.. He said it's the coaches job to find the best way to win, if that's what he feels is best. In response to a question that was asking him how he felt about being benched. What the hell do you expect him to say?

Seeing all of these articles come out blaming DB is pretty sad. You can't tell me that a different coach would have changed the outcome in the Canada game. A game where we were severely outplayed for the last 30 minutes. Then a 5-0 rout to the Fins. We were shutout in back to back games and you're blaming the coach?!?! Get the f*** out of here.

Haha how is that ripping him? DB benched Brown. They asked him why, he said " We went with players we thought could score us a goal " Brown said " I'm not happy about it, but it's the coach's job to figure out the best chance to win if that's what he thinks. " Boy he really roasted him.

Ok, but what's another 2 mil to protect yourself? How many times has a pro athlete went against his word? Considering how upset he was after game 5 when he didn't get the ball, you could have seen it coming.

He had 17 home runs in 127 games before he came over. What do we have that would be better than that? Especially for 6.25 mil a year.

He was 10-11 last year with a 3.03 era? I would hardly call that " hitting a wall " My point is, if we offered him 12mil, why not just match the qualifying offer so if another team were to sign him we would get a free 1st round pick. So then we could have signed Morales and still had a first round pick. Sorry, 3.30 era. Still not bad, especially with 202 strikeouts thrown in.

If they would have made a qualifying offer on AJ it would have been 14 mil, sources say we offered him 12. The phils would have swept in and picked him up at 16, giving us a 1st round draft pick in compensation. Then we could have gone out and got Morales for 1st. We would of had to give up a 1st rounder but we would have of had that extra pick to make up for it. What's spending an extra 2 mil if you're already going to offer 12? The Pirates blow me away sometimes. They made huge strides last year, only to sour things in the offseason. Not good business.

All I know is, no amount of adjusting is going to help us this year if we don't get a little more depth scoring. Two lines carrying us isn't going to cut it in the playoffs. Especially if we meet up with Boston again.

The wheels completely fell off in that series after game 1. Players were more intent on taking cheap shots than trying to beat the other team. I just don't see what he could have done differently there. Sometimes the onus has to be on the players as well, and they were completely in our heads.

No he can't but do you think he was not trying to calm them down? Do you think he was in the locker room before the game and in between periods saying, ok guys.. I know were losing, that doesn't matter. Just make sure you go out and be as undisciplined as possible and play like a bunch of goons. I doubt it.

Yes, grind them down, as in dump and chase and forecheck. That's really the only way to beat a team that is clogging the middle. I'm sure he was preaching that on the bench during today's game and from what I saw I didn't see much of that. Just skilled players trying to carry the puck into the zone and make something happen.

Ok... 2010, the team was rolling and ran into a brickwall in Halak. We gave him everything he could handle and he shut us down. 2011, no Crosby or Malkin. Yes we should have advanced after being up 3-1 but would it have mattered? We weren't winning the cup. 2012, up 3-0 in game 1 against the Flyers. Briere scores on a blown offsides call and the entire series shifts on that one play. The players lost composure, no adjusting would have saved us. 2013 may be the only case where you can argue that Byslma was at fault for not adjusting. That Bruins series was brutal. I'm tired of everyone bashing him constantly and putting the blame on him. Much of it is not warrented. I get it that he doesn't adjust enough, but I don't think it is the sole reason we aren't winning.

Not you, but actual experts on the game have been hailing his approach to this team. I'm not sure what changes can be made, they were barely able to get into the zone the second half of the game. Maybe more dump and chase but that is Bylsma's entire gameplan, so I'm sure he was trying to get some more of that going. What would you have done different if you were coaching?

I don't see how you can blame Byslma for this game at all. Every game in the olympics is a big game and they did fine up until this point. They played a superior team and got outplayed, plain and simple. USA had plenty of chances in the 1st, they could have easily had 2 right there. All I've heard was how good of a job Dan was doing with this team, they lose to Canada and the first thing I read is someone bashing him.

I almost wiped out a few times last night, that ice is sneaky lol. As far as Geno goes, it's pretty much a unanimous decision around here that he's going to struggle after the letdown in the olympics. I would agree based on his past, but I have a feeling he's going to come back and be just fine. He may have a few off games but I have a feeling he'll get back to form sooner than most people seem to think.