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If the generals climb off the fence against Madura, that would be the only thing that may mitigate what could be an ugly transition. https://apple.news/AMVvZw2wUQ7u_p3Wpuvz6_Q

I wasn’t merging Botteril’s tenure with prior eras except to point out that I think Botteril made a mistake in hiring Housley when the pieces weren’t in place. Either that, or Housley is so married to his style that he can’t adjust it to the talent he’s got. This team has a choice to rip the bandage off now, or give Housley at least two more seasons to get the system to marry the talent. The thing is, I don’t think they need much. You say this team is bereft of talent, but not really. They need a second line left wing who can forecheck, bang and muck and cycle, and park his ass in front of the net. Get that in a trade this year. They need a decent second pairing defenseman (I couldn’t care less if he fits Housley’s system) to go with Ristolainan. Get that in the off season. They need a more effective fourth-liner to go with Larsson and Girgs (maybe Rodrigues fits there if they get the second line winger). Honestly, I don’t care what they do with the third line — keep Okposo and Pominville there until their contracts run out. They need Guhle to pan out and get up to the big club to play in the third pair. That can come next year, but if they’re out of the running, bring him up by the end of this month. Finally, play Ullmark #1 minutes and see if he’s the guy.

I liked his game last year. And if he doesn’t fit into their plans going forward, they can showcase him for a trade before the deadline.

Is Wilson ready? I’d like to see what he’s got.

The last season that this team sniffed at even competing for a playoff spot was 2011/12 (Ruff’s last full season). 2012/13 was the short season. 2013/14, 52 points (.317) 30th place 2014/15, 54 points (.329) 30th place — for comparison, that’s the year Toronto bottomed out at 68 pts. 2015/16, 81 points (.494) 23rd place — Toronto 69 pts. 2016/17, 78 points (.476) 26th place 2017/18, 62 points (.378) 31st place The team hasn’t competed for 16th place into its 6th straight year. I’m not asking for a ***** Stanley Cup contender — I don’t think anyone is. This team started with Rolston and Nolan and we were told that those guys were good fits because they were good with young players. When that tank years were over, we were told that Bylsma was the guy to take the team to the next level. He wasn’t. They brought in Housley, who has a system that you described above. It is very dependent on speedy, two-way defensemen. We don’t have those guys. Housley’s system, you say, is also dependent upon traffic in front of the net (I’m not sure what coach doesen’t preach that). We’ve got ONE player who goes to the front of the net consistently. These things all go hand in hand. What kind of stupid decision was it to hire a coach with a specific system and not have the players to play it? I love the fact that Botteril is stocking Rochester with talented kids. The team’s cupboard was empty, and filling it takes a lot of time — I get it. But Botteril has painted this team into a corner by hiring Housley. Now, one of three things will inevitably happen: (1) Housley needs to accommodate his system to fit the personnel he’s got, (2) this team needs to wait until Botteril gives Housley the right players; (3) Housley gets fired and all the guys who they got to fit his system won’t fit with the new guy’s system. Edit: at this point #1 must happen until #2 is complete OR get it over with and make a coaching change to someone who isn’t so player-specific, stylistically.

Quick fix starting from when? The Darcy and Lindy days?

I heard that the complaints started about 5 years ago, during the prior administration. But Trump is a Putin puppet.

Heard an interview yesterday on this one. The guy said that Europeans killed 55 million out of 60 million native south, central and North Americans. Then all the land those people used to cultivate food (the size of France) went back to wild growth, sucking up more CO2. That caused a mini-ice age. Almost drove into a stanchion. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/31/european-colonization-of-americas-helped-cause-climate-change

I was listening to BBC this morning. They had someGerman former UN anti-proliferation-chief lady on in an interview. Even she said that pulling out of that treaty was justifiable. (She’d prefer a new multi-nation treaty, but that’s not the point.)

Who the ***** is Ian Millhiser? ***** him.

Giants let Eli go. Sign Tannehill cheap, draft QB high.

^^^^^ At this point in time I think Rodrigues is good up on the second line and Housley should keep Thompson up there, too. Second line would look better if it was Thompson -- Mittlestadt -- Wayne Simmonds (trade w/Flyers). ...or a guy like Simmonds (now I think about it, the wingers both shoot right handed). That's the perfect type of player to fit with those two kids.

There will be a time (hopefully very soon) where the talent on this team will be better than Housley’s coaching ability. Then a change will need to be made. I generally agree with you that repetitive coaching changes are more likely to be counterproductive. However, I think that’s more true for a football team than a hockey team. Unfortunately, like in the NFL, both Bylsma and Housley were each brought in as “system” guys who needed to get their players to conform to a style of play, rather than adjusting their style to the personnel (and gradually implementing their system).

Looks like he just wanted to use the bathroom.

This is not a faked video. It is a phony person.

The overlap in a venn diagram among the three of them wouldn’t be “blacker” than Joe Namath.

You know, she did apologize for this. Shouldn’t that be enough?

Unfrozen caveman Governor!

Wow, that Friedman tweet is perfect evidence of how Trump Derangement Syndrome gets used to affect others. He said: [made up bull####] because Trump! That’s why you suck, Schultz!

I thought about this, too. But this isn't one of those "just because you can doesn't mean you should" situations. If it can be done, it needs to be done. You're right, however. We will probably all die from some superbacteria that will make us wish we could die of cancer.

No, pharma will just shift quickly to raising prices for items that geriatrics need. Cynical, yes.

chosen one ...so far (out of the ones who've declared).

I think that's Trump's initial payment for the Moscow project. Didn't he say that the Venezuelans would pay for it?

I don't frequent Starbucks. Did the barista try to discuss racial tolerance with you? How did that go?