Dec 13th 2013

Dec 13th 2013 ---------

Today it's Ted Nolan again and his infatuation with John Scott. Scott has played in all but three of the games Nolan has coached. He is a terrible hockey player. He no longer fights. Last night our "Interim coach" decided to dress him AND play him 2 minutes and 42 seconds. Maybe this is what Nolan means by being an impact player. In those 2:42 he had no hits, was -2, and took two penalties, one of which disallowed what would have been the second Sabre goal. 

His line mate Cody McCormick was also -2 but did get into a "staged fight" to fire up his team. McCormick played 5:35. 

Great fourth line. Kinda reminds me of Boston's or Chicago's or anyone else's for that sake. 

Nolan is a throwback to the '90s when fourth line players fought and played little. Today fourth line players on most other teams play 8-10 minutes/game, kill penalties, are young grinders who can score a goal here and there. Just really worried that the hard working effort that Nolan is attempting to instill is not working. Weber, McCormick, Ott, Scott, work hard but don't produce squat! 
Leino, Folino, Adam, stafford, Moulson and the rest of the team rarely works hard and doesn't produce. 
This gets me back to Nolan as interim
Coach. We need a coach that is going to be here next year and the years after NOW. To have Nolan continue in an interim position makes no sense at all. Kinda like when the Bills hired Perry Fewell: his goal was to win so that he would get hired permanently. He played vets like T.O. Rather than rookies like Stevie Johnson to WIN NOW. we need a coach that wants to develop players to win in the future. We suck now. Winning a few more games now by playing these veterans does nothing. Play the kids. Let them develop. Get a coach who has a clue on how to coach in the 21st century. Get a GM who can decide what HE (not the interim coach Ted) wants to do with Ryan Miller. 
Let someone young come in and rebuild this team.