L K said:
I love how down-right pathetic knuckle draggers get to live off the reputation of 5 years ago, meanwhile skilled players are expected to perform at all times under Carlyle. What a joke.
64 games (including 7 postseason) without a goal.
48 games (including 7 postseason) without a point.
I'm struggling to see what part of that indicates his earned roster spot.
Wow... you mean the coach expects skill players to put up points, grinders to grind, and sluggers to slug.
I've never heard of that before :
But in all seriousness. I feel he just wants everyone to play the role he gives them. And I believe that in his opinion, Orr plays the role he's told to do well.
Now if you want to argue that that role shouldn't exist, then fine. But turning it into an argue about skill players and Carlyle, just doesn't jive with me. I've found in my watching him coach here and in Anaheim, that as long as there was genuine effort or point production, he almost never misplayed the skill.
*I want to note that most people that complain about this being his team so to speak and created for him then also complain about him using sluggers and the old 2007 top six bottom six. Well there's a contradiction there.
Either this team wasn't made the way he wanted and he does top 6 bottom 6. Or it was made the way he wanted and he's graduated to a top 9 thinking.
Look at the lines when healthy.
JVR - Bozak - Kessel
Lupul - Kadri - Clarkson (at the start of the season had he been healthy)
Raymond - Bolland - (Rotates)
That's top 9 that can score. Wheres all this 2007 bullshit and he overplays the bottom 6 grinders?
People... make your story straight!
