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TheSgtDabbs
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Have the Devils reached their ceiling with Pete DeBoer and this roster? - CBSSports.com
This says our situation pretty well.
This says our situation pretty well.
I can't say for sure I believe PDB is just a helpless victim here. Example: The year Johnny Mac began the year as coach. Team was playing worse than they are now, he gets fired, Lemaire comes in and the team makes a nearly incredible run to the playoffs.
Not saying this situation is the same. But it makes you think....
the guy puts a tweet about only 2 coaches making it to 4 seasons in nj? lou put himself in this situation.
lets say pete is the problem he can't go out and fire the guy this place is already a coaching grave yard who would really want to come here and coach?
you also really have to wonder how many people have left here for "family reasons"?
robinson/sutter/parise/neids/kovy anyone else i miss?
i also keep mentioning him infusing this orginzation with former devil blood (pun). is t-bone really the guy we want to coach our young goalies? albalien an assistant? jmac? stevens? barr? who else is in the pipeline?
its just insane that this guy hasn't/isn't on the hot seat and no one is writing stories like this about him?
then again i really just have zero interest in this team so maybe someone did? i watched about 10mins of the game last night and saw it was 1-0 with 13mins left in the 3rd i turned it off. i knew they weren't going to win the game...maybe get to overtime/shootout but noway they were scoring 2x in the 3rd to win that game.
i'm a die hard fan and i have zero interest in this team....i can only imagine how the "casual" fan feels about this team
I see what you're saying but to me that was an extreme case. MacLean was in over his head. Should've never been in that position. So when he was replaced with arguably the best coach in team history the team is bound to play better.
So unless we're replacing PDB with a coach that has an insane track record as far as success goes I cant see the team all of the sudden waking up and playing better then they are now.
To me its a personnel problem over anything else.