Comments on: C-Section http://puckbuddys.com/2011/06/03/c-section/ Boys Who Like Boys Who Like Hockey Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:01:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: david http://puckbuddys.com/2011/06/03/c-section/#comment-650 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 21:24:55 +0000 http://puckbuddys.com/?p=3513#comment-650 i agree with friar.. bruce boudreaus time in d.c. has come and gone.. after watching him in 24/7 and in the playoffs, having played the game myself and coached middle schoolers, i knew all of those f~bombs and the constant barrage of yelling at his players was going to prove disastrous… im sure the veteran guys could handle it.. but tearing down your younger player and shitting on the rubble doesnt make them better… i suggest a coach like andy murray, larry robinson, barry melrose.. you get the idea… a former player that is at heart a teacher of hockey and a mentor, not a long shore-man…

~ cheers…

ps.. as for ovie and the C</i/.. well mike green is the kind of guy i would choose as captain… or arnott if he sticks around.. alex is the biggest showboat in the nhl… not a bad thing maybe, but not what you want in a captain…

]]> By: Rocket http://puckbuddys.com/2011/06/03/c-section/#comment-649 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 18:32:15 +0000 http://puckbuddys.com/?p=3513#comment-649 Anyone who has ever played this game will realize that the Captains job isnt always to motivate in the locker room. Sometimes he leads by example, sometimes he leads by motivation, and sometimes he doesn’t have to lead at all because the team is full of natural leaders.

From what I see here, this is just another cheap shot at an obvious target. Ovechkin gives his heart and soul every night on the ice. If People in Washington cannot see that, then they don’t understand the game and don’t have any business commenting or even writing about it.

The problem with the capitals begins at the top, and trickles down from there. Leonsis created these expectations on such a young team, McPhee doesn’t have the knowledge to put together a winning combination of complimentary players, and Boudreau can’t coach outside of the box once things get a little screwy. …Well, You can’t change owners, and you can’t fire the players….

]]> By: The Friar http://puckbuddys.com/2011/06/03/c-section/#comment-648 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:03:14 +0000 http://puckbuddys.com/?p=3513#comment-648 Motivation is a hugely overrated concept. The playoff collapses aren’t on the head of the captain doing the motivation — his job there being exactly the same as in the regular season where he’s done great — but that of the strategist, the coach, whose job actually is different in a playoff series against the same team over and over from the regular season with a different opponent every night.

Ovi should keep the C, but a mistake is already getting made in not letting Boudreau go.

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