Gazza272 said:
devil99 said:
if only you were our coach clare, lets hope the powers that be read the forum
If Clare was our coach I assume she would then be privvy to all that goes on in the team and have access to the personalities of people and the cold hard budgetry requirements.
All of which have a lot more bearing on team selection than simply what we see on the ice.
For me Burrows is a good talent but will need a solid pre season and a good couple of months to be ready for a regular shift. Good prospect though and I hope he grabs any opportunity afforded to him with both hands.
Exactly.. none of "us" (the fans/general public) really know all the details of the players personalities, how they behave in the dressing room, what impacts it has on the morale of the team etc etc. Same as none of us can really stand up and preach about how many pennies they *should* be spending on X or Y player. Hell, most people barely have a grasp of budgeting their own finances, never mine a sports clubs. Yes, some of us are friendly with players, have had little "off the record" chats and things are spread around, but unless you're in there every day, you really have no idea and so arent really qualified to offer anything more than opinion based on your own knowledge.
Which is why I often find it quite blinkered and selfish of certain fans across these club forums... the ones who get on their soap boxes and tell everyone with such certainty that "X player was offered £?? and that clearly isnt enough - he is worth more than that". I think this demonstrates that that clearly do not have a clue about the ins and outs of running a sports team. Just because a player may be good in terms of skill and hockey sense, if he had a bad attitude in the changing room, he's going to affect the mood and morale of the whole team. Its about the whole package... but we have to bear in mind that when the likes of G is looking for a player to sign, if he hasn't had the experience of playing with him previously, he is almost in the same situation as the fans in that he isnt 100% of what the whole package will get him. Yes, on paper, his stats could be awesome. But if he's a risk-taking, chopsin little get who has those "bad days" a little too frequently, the whole team is up the swanny.
"Worth" is also a subjective word in this context.
Re the young Brits. Of course, one wouldnt just throw them out to the wolves and hope for the best. Development is the key thing here.. something which (I get the impression) Adams didnt seem overly keen on doing with the likes of Ben and Alex until Weller stepped up, insisting that they play more shifts. "They're not going to get better sitting on the bench" type conversation I believe. Symo has done fantastically with these opportunities, and the potential is there in Burrows and Fischer/Fisher (sp!?) to be the Brits to have in years to come if they are given the opportunities by the Devils NOW. Ben left because he felt he wasnt getting those opportunities. Who knows what he'll become and whether he'll want to come back whilst Adams is still in charge.
