lindsay 🪼

no one asked but here are my thoughts after last nights game: - i intentionally didn't watch it. i passed out early bc i saw the lineup and knew exactly what the outcome was going to be. i was right, but there's no vindication, just more disappointment - ryan warsofsky is a bad coach. he's not making a couple bad decisions here and there, he's simply a bad coach who doesn't know what he's doing and functions with a mentality of "well at some point one of my choices has to work and that's when i'll get the last laugh." everyone can see that he's ignorant, scrambling, and beyond unqualified to hold the position he has. he has an insane amount of undeserved and unwarranted confidence in himself and it would be laughable if it wasn't hurting MY team - i don't necessarily think the team is fucked if will and mack aren't on the same line. they're both incredibly skilled players, but they aren't receiving the same chances at increased growth and development and that's where the issue is. this is also a problem amongst other young forwards (misa specifically) and dmen (dickie & cags). i think warso relies on mack's abilities and the rest is secondary. i think it's stupid to drop will to the second line and not have him play center, and like i've said before, i think it's clear he's not getting a chance to develop as a forward - you cannot, as a team, take the young talent you have and screw them over time and time again while praising and rewarding your vets who are constantly costing you games with poor plays and stupid penalties and expect to be successful. warsofsky has that expectation because he truly doesn't know what he's doing. he expects players to be able to immediately adapt to frequent and often nonsensical line changes and all he's doing is causing instability throughout the lines and hurting their confidence - the players are very well trained when it comes to PR/media. you're probably never going to see mack explicitly state his frustrations, but those feelings are clearly depicted in his facial expressions and body language. warso relies on that too - accountability from the coach and the players is equally important. even orlov has admitted to having very bad games, but warso never seems to admit when he's screwed up, which is appalling given how often he does - the sharks as they currently exist are not a playoff team. they could have the potential to become one in the near future, but not until serious systematic changes are made with the older players and the coaching staff. extending warsofsky was a step in the wrong direction and anyone who pays attention knows that