The Benefit of a New Coach

I'm not blasting Carlyle all you Carlyle lovers. I was always opposed to getting a new coach. I really appreciate what Carlyle has done for this club. But if you look at the players, they are sick of him. They are weary of the same old system and they are playing subpar for him. That's why there isn't the right kind of passion or intensity. Even Bobby looks drained compared to last year. The team doesn't care.

Look at all the success stories out there in the NHL.
Washington
Pittsburgh
San Jose
Los Angeles
Phoenix

When did they start being good?
1.) When they brought in talented players.
2.) When they brought in a new coach.

We have the talent.
But we have a stale coach.

The Ducks as a team need some reinvigoration, a new fire, something that will bring back the passion and intensity.
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. And we're getting different results (getting worse and worse) while getting the same mediocrity. Our lineup has gotten deeper and deeper each year. But the deeper we make our lineup, the deeper we sink in the standings.

And the line juggling, that is something I will have to attack Carlyle for. Players can never hope to form chemistry if they only play with a line for a few shifts. He doesn't wait for the chemistry to form he assumes it has to happen rapidly.

He doesn't know how to motivate his club, he doesn't know how to change their mentality. He even admitted that he doesn't know what to say to his team anymore! What coach says that? What coach just runs out of things to say. If you're sick of saying the same thing, say something else. Speaking of insanity. He also can't get his team to play a full 60 minutes. The story of the past few seasons has been: "a dominating first period by anaheim. Oh Anaheim was almost invisible in the second. Then, The ducks looked lost until a desperate attack with 5 minutes left" The sitting back method has been the cause of at least half our losses the last 3 seasons.

You watch, if we do end up getting a new coach it will be the best thing for us. And we can keep Carlyle as defensive coach (since he is a Norris Trophy winner) until he finds a new team to coach for, and he will probably do a good job with that team (as I remember Tippet was coach of the Stars and was fired, but is now the coach of the season in many people's eyes).

It would be a win-win for both sides.