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Post by Captain Obvious on Apr 17, 2018 10:05:43 GMT -4
I wonder if Darrell Young is in the picture? He played a large part in last year's Sea Dogs team as well as building the Cats Crawford-Bernier group 15 years back...
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Post by kuba on Apr 17, 2018 10:27:09 GMT -4
Longtime relationship between Young and Thibeau .
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Post by Captain Obvious on Apr 17, 2018 10:35:25 GMT -4
Longtime relationship between Young and Thibeau . Plus he worked for the Cats last summer and was the one that brought in FA's...Seitz Pataki Kuzmin and co |
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Post by SteveUL on Apr 18, 2018 8:05:20 GMT -4
you also need to replace Gerry Green with Tim Roszell Or you could replace Aaron Kennedy with Tim Roszell. |
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Post by SteveUL on Apr 18, 2018 8:08:21 GMT -4
When dealing with kids(I coached teenagers for 7 years), you can't hold a grudge against a kid for a mistake or incident. That sounds like a coach shooting himself in the foot. They also didn't have to trade him. Once a kid asks to be traded ... it is never a good idea to keep him around. He is no longer pulling in the same direction as everybody else. Either you give him the ice time that he wants or you ship him out. But giving in to demands means the Coach and GM lose face in front of the other players. Its a no win situation ... and so to avoid it you have to keep everybody happy. |
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Post by Captain Obvious on Apr 18, 2018 8:25:26 GMT -4
They also didn't have to trade him. Once a kid asks to be traded ... it is never a good idea to keep him around. He is no longer pulling in the same direction as everybody else. Either you give him the ice time that he wants or you ship him out. But giving in to demands means the Coach and GM lose face in front of the other players. Its a no win situation ... and so to avoid it you have to keep everybody happy. Usually kids ask to be traded after a lot of water has gone under the bridge. From what I heard this was about one incident. A good GM would have gotten both parties together and straightened things out. Unfortunately with kids nowadays they have all these people(parents, agents and former coaches etc) telling them how good they are and how great they should be at the next level and it goes to their heads. They struggle with challenges as a result and don't always react the right way. If a kid is truly unhappy then a trade is the right move, but 9 times out of ten, a good coach/GM will rectify the situation with communication. In this situation it looks like Rumble let his pride or ego get the best of him and the situation deteriorated. The situation is made a lot worse by the fact that the Cats long term outlook on D is a train wreck and they desperately need like 4 Bellamy's...they currently have nobody under 19(next year) that looks like a current/future lock as a top 4. Tucker is as close as they have and he is no lock. |
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Post by archie on Apr 20, 2018 8:53:19 GMT -4
Is the Wobster kid that made defence on the 1st alstar team the last 2yrs still the property of the Wildcats
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Post by Captain Obvious on Apr 20, 2018 8:58:25 GMT -4
Is the Wobster kid that made defence on the 1st alstar team the last 2yrs still the property of the Wildcats He came to the last 2 camps but I don't think he played any games. Saving his NCAA eligibility. |
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Post by WhiteTyAffair on Apr 20, 2018 9:00:08 GMT -4
Is the Wobster kid that made defence on the 1st alstar team the last 2yrs still the property of the Wildcats Yes he is. |
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Post by joehockey on Apr 20, 2018 9:31:15 GMT -4
Is the Wobster kid that made defence on the 1st alstar team the last 2yrs still the property of the Wildcats He came to the last 2 camps but I don't think he played any games. Saving his NCAA eligibility. I'm not sure he'd even have a place on the team if he wanted to though. |
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Post by Captain Obvious on Apr 20, 2018 9:51:23 GMT -4
He came to the last 2 camps but I don't think he played any games. Saving his NCAA eligibility. I'm not sure he'd even have a place on the team if he wanted to though. The defense they have on paper next year is nothing to write home about. Now, I think they will draft a couple young D and maybe a couple FA's but is Webster better than those guys? I haven't seen him to be able to say. |
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Post by archie on Apr 20, 2018 10:21:17 GMT -4
Now that I figured out how to spell his name (lol) did see the kid play at the Atlantics He was a solid two way D didn't look bad at that level see he won the Luc Bourdon award not sure what that is...Wonder who will replace Roger Shannon? Wonder who will be at table at the soon to be held draft..
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Post by WildcatMapleLeafs on Apr 20, 2018 10:42:30 GMT -4
Imagine going into next season with Jaxon Bellamy & Justin Barron on the blueline...
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Post by Captain Obvious on Apr 20, 2018 10:47:16 GMT -4
Imagine going into next season with Jaxon Bellamy & Justin Barron on the blueline... ...or Barron Bellamy and Jacques!  |
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Post by archie on Apr 21, 2018 7:36:57 GMT -4
When you look at the big picture" it is difficult to lay all the blame on Shannon" For the current state of the team' He made some sound draft picks Then the Players and agents decide to play the NCAA game to keep their eligibility open...You would wonder why the screening process is not more stringent on what the aspirations of a player is before being entered into the Q draft pool...
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