Kin
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mr grieves said:Only speaking to what we've seen with the Leafs. Guys in the same roles they had under Wilson are doing fine. Guys who've been moved into other roles haven't done as well. Maybe that's a problem with the players, maybe it's a communication problem.
But that's not really true of anyone who's seen their role expand, is it? The guys who have struggled have been the guys who were fairly ineffective under Carlyle for a time and then asked to do something different. I mean, it doens't invalidate their opinions but you know the guys who are most likely to be critical are the guys who get benched.
That's not to say Mac or Grabo were at fault, just that not everyone is going to fit in with a new coach. That was true of Wilson, it was true of Maurice, it was true of Quinn, it's fairly universal. I have no doubt, though, that a coach with a fairly abrasive personality is going to be on worse terms with those guys than one who isn't. I don't know if that says anything about effectiveness, though.