Let's cut to the chase here. This is the best thing that can happen to the team for many reasons. Here, in my opinion, is why he was shown to the door.
1- The team quit on Carbo: It was clear that throughout the entire road trip, the team was not interested in putting in the effort for the coach. Why did he never give a real chance to guys like Bégin or Dandenault?
2- Carbo was not a tactician: I can't help but look down and shake my head when I look back on some of the decisions that he made. EX. When he opted to play Gorges on forward as opposed to Bégin, when he played Weber on forward on his first game (which was a completely unfamiliar position for him), he played Price as opposed to red-hot Halak last night (I don't care if he played well), etc.
3- He is not a good communicator/motivator: I wonder how many players on the team are happy that this change was made? He had a few damaged relationships with players because he neglected them. Normally, he wouldn't go up and talk to them about it.
4- He was living in the past: The title says it all. The constant reuniting of 46-14-27 was getting annoying yet was clearly not working. He's been trying to find replacements for Mark Streit by forcing unfamiliar roles onto some players (Gorges, Weber). Everything he can do to make things exactly like last year. Sorry, the world isn't that perfect. A good coach can adjust to what's given to him.
Like my father recently told me, in business you have to look at the big picture. You can't get sucked into the small and recent stuff. My point is that Gainey has clearly been analyzing the team and it's performances. He finally realized that enough was enough and the team can only benefit from this. Gainey's got a huge job ahead of him. As notbigbird mentioned on Habs Inside/Out, it seemed as though Carbo was giving many chances for players to mess up, but not as many for those to succeed. That is why, he got the boot
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1 comment:
BULL!!! dissagre big time. Habs are going to show up the next few games cause this change probably scared them. But dude Bob is a great coach dont get me wrong he won with dallas and all but carbo was shaking things up with the lineups trying to find key lines for the post season thats why the passes were bad the communication was bad cause it was all new to them with more time i believe things would have changed for the good with carbo
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