|
Post by T-BAG on Feb 24, 2010 0:23:00 GMT -5
thank god i didn't blow my $ on tonights game. What a joke. "we want to play the right way" wtf kind of statement is that? please do us a favor and just stop talking to the times herald writers.
end of the First it Your Icehaws 2 and Lumberjackes 0. WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE BAN THIS IDIOT ALREADY? HIS POSTS MAKE NO SENSE AND HE CANT EVEN GET THE SCORE RIGHT. or maybe at least give him a dictionary and a link to the ihl website?
|
|
|
Post by jayhawktalker on Feb 24, 2010 8:26:43 GMT -5
Totally agree Budda, what exactly does that mean play the right way? Reminded me of good ol Larry Brown when he coached the Pistons. So Drulia is saying with less than 30 games left that his team doesn't care about wins or losses, but playing the right way?? How does that make any sense rigamortis? So if they lose tonight 6-2 but played the right way that is all that matters? The Icehawks once again had a chance to make a statement and laid down by the dish. No Bouchard, or Centomo and they got run out of there own barn. The sad part of the entire game was Muskegon sort of made it look easy. They didnt really play a spectacular game, they just know what it takes to beat Port Huron as evidenced by there 7-3 record versus us this season. Could someone PLEASE explain to me why #33 and #47 are still on this team?? At what point does the coach say enough is enough with these two turnover machines. I will give Flache and Maccarone another week, but it certainly looks to me like they are both prototypical Drulia guys, BIG AND SOFT. Sad part is, if you look at Flache in some of his Youtube bouts, he is a guy that should be banging everybody around. Not the same style I saw on Saturday in Bloomington that is for sure. How a team goes on the road and wins three straight, then comes home and takes a big ol dump on there home ice is beyond me. But they will work hard in practice, they will tweak a few things and then go from there. BUT more importantly, they will talk about playing the right way, Heck who cares about wins and losses at this point of the season anyways!!!
|
|
|
Post by biggar on Feb 24, 2010 10:14:10 GMT -5
Couldn't agree more about #33 & 47 belonging on this team. Lovell made numerous turnovers in his own end and Jacks end at the blueline. As far Flache he has played in 3 games and has 2 goals and 1 or 2 assists. Matt Macaronne looks like a liabilty out there he doesn't even look like he is a decent skater. I don't see anyone contesting the Jacks for the cup this year.
|
|
|
Post by rigamortis52 on Feb 24, 2010 11:49:47 GMT -5
Totally agree Budda, what exactly does that mean play the right way? Reminded me of good ol Larry Brown when he coached the Pistons. So Drulia is saying with less than 30 games left that his team doesn't care about wins or losses, but playing the right way?? How does that make any sense rigamortis? So if they lose tonight 6-2 but played the right way that is all that matters? The Icehawks once again had a chance to make a statement and laid down by the dish. No Bouchard, or Centomo and they got run out of there own barn. The sad part of the entire game was Muskegon sort of made it look easy. They didnt really play a spectacular game, they just know what it takes to beat Port Huron as evidenced by there 7-3 record versus us this season. Could someone PLEASE explain to me why #33 and #47 are still on this team?? At what point does the coach say enough is enough with these two turnover machines. I will give Flache and Maccarone another week, but it certainly looks to me like they are both prototypical Drulia guys, BIG AND SOFT. Sad part is, if you look at Flache in some of his Youtube bouts, he is a guy that should be banging everybody around. Not the same style I saw on Saturday in Bloomington that is for sure. How a team goes on the road and wins three straight, then comes home and takes a big ol dump on there home ice is beyond me. But they will work hard in practice, they will tweak a few things and then go from there. BUT more importantly, they will talk about playing the right way, Heck who cares about wins and losses at this point of the season anyways!!! If you play the right way, then you don't lose games this bad. You can still play the right way in lose just because a couple bounces don't go your way. But if you play right, 9 times out of 10 you will win the games. The problem this team is facing is inconsistency of play. Like what was said, we win 3 in a row on the road and 4 in a row overall. We played those games the way we are capable of playing. We never let off the gas and kept going. In games like last nights and the one in Fort Wayne (9-1 loss) the effort is NOT there and we are failing to play up to our capabilities. As far as Lovell and Turner go, they are just like Brad Stuart is with the Wings. He just like those two have turnover issues. Do remember that last year in the Stanley Cup finals Stuart turned the puck over in front of our net for the game winning goal. He has a history of turnovers, but is kept on the team because he is a good defender. That is most likely why those two are still on this team because of their defense. There's two types of defensemen, Offensive and defensive. A team has to have a good mixture of them. Tetsy and Gershon are offensive. Lovell is a mixture of both. You just have to understand what is meant by "they aren't talking about wins and losses rather they are talking about playing the right way." Again playing the right way will result in wins 9 out of 10 times.
|
|
|
Post by FlagsFan on Feb 24, 2010 13:25:53 GMT -5
Flache is going to need some time to get his physical game going again, if he was to hit like that every night in the DEL he'd get kicked out every game, so im sure he had to tone it down upon going to Germany, but Flache has also proven that he can play, Maccarone im not sure why we got really...sure the guy is 6'7 but he doesn't really have a purpose...
|
|
|
Post by xcheck28 on Feb 24, 2010 16:47:45 GMT -5
Lovell and Turner are simply pure offensive defensemen, and they aren't exactly doing that well this year. Both are terrible in their own zone. If they're both on this team because of their defense, then, well...easy to see why we're struggling. Can't understand the Stuart comparison. Stuart isn't a turnover machine (yes he's made a few bad ones, but it's not a regular occurrence.) Stuart is a pure defensive d-man. Turner can't even find his own zone and Lovell is too soft. Opposing forwards salivate when either of them are on the ice. Tetrault is the perfect mix of both (when on his game) and Gershon could be someday but has been having a lot of "rookie" moments over the past few weeks. Maccarone and Cowan are solid when playing well, but get in trouble when they try to add an offensive element (especially Cowan.) Nathe didn't look good last night, but then again, no one did.
|
|
|
Post by jayhawktalker on Feb 25, 2010 14:24:00 GMT -5
I can tell you the difference between Stuart and Turner/Lovell, HE IS IN THE NHL!!! You can't compare the two and I guarantee you if the Red Wings feel like Stuart is a liability, they would get rid of him. Unlike our coach who holds onto those after they have STUNK the entire season. He needs to make changes on the BLUE LINE, not with his forwards. I guess it's pretty much a lost cause anyways, now it probably is to late to get players and he is STUCK with what he has and we will lose to the Fort in the first round of the playoffs which really sucks!! And your "Right Way" analogy makes no sense, if you play the right way you will win nine out of ten times?? What the heck does that even mean? Play the right way?
|
|
|
Post by rigamortis52 on Feb 25, 2010 15:05:56 GMT -5
Playing the right way entails the following: Putting 100% effort all the time, never taking shifts off. A big problem with this team lately has been effort. Playing the right way also includes, skating hard all the time and not gliding to the puck, beating the other guy, putting your balls on the line every second of every shift. Hooking and tripping are lazy penalties. To get them is a sign that there is no effort. Also the way penalties are called nowadays, unlike the golden days of hockey, if you even touch a guy with your stick it'll be a penalty, but when you blatantly haul a guy down then that's being lazy.
The whole nine out of ten times thing is only because you could play balls out a whole game and still lose because of unlucky bounces. Have you been watching the way team USA has played this whole Olympics? They went in as underdogs of the whole tourney and now they are in the final four, where nobody thought they would end up. The beat host Canada by playing with a total team effort and outworking the opponents. Watch team USA and you will see what playing the right way looks like. And don't give me the difference between them and us is they're NHLers, because that means nothing when it comes down to effort.
|
|
|
Post by computerjunkie on Feb 25, 2010 17:14:29 GMT -5
Playing the right way is giving it your all. Something that obviously wasn't done during this game, but during the 3 before that, they played the right way. When it comes down to effort, their is no difference between the NHL and the IHL. If you skate your ass off every shift and finish your check and play the puck, things will more than likely go your way. This factor is dependent on the whole team. If one guy is off his game, it's like taking one spark plug out of your engine. You lose power. You need all of the plugs working together at full capacity to get the best performance. The season isn't over for us. We are still in 2nd, we made up some decent ground with the 3 wins before this game. They just gotta step up their game to another notch. As sterling said before, the players need to put their egos aside and play some hockey that's what playing the right way means. If you can't understand that, then you shouldn't be watching sports.
|
|