Good article. > In January, the smart money said the Senators were going nowhere as they sat at the bottom of the Eastern Conference. They were analytics darlings, outshooting and out-chancing opponents with one of the best defensive structures...
Good article. > In January, the smart money said the Senators were going nowhere as they sat at the bottom of the Eastern Conference. They were analytics darlings, outshooting and out-chancing opponents with one of the best defensive structures in the league but weren’t getting saves or killing penalties. > That’s when you need your coach to rally the troops, which happened as the Senators brushed off the outside noise to make the playoffs. In fact, the team’s turnaround has rightfully put Green in the conversation for the Jack Adams Award for coach of the year. And he has his sights set on a Stanley Cup, no less. > “Coaches are always better after their first job,” said Staios. > “Don’t listen to the fucking white noise. Don’t listen to people outside this fucking rink. Zero negativity,” said Green. “Let’s go on a fucking run.” > We asked Green about his speech. “That was around a time where there was a lot of noise around our team. Why were we not winning?” Green said. > “Especially in today's world with social media … there's a lot of noise around the team … (so it was about) not letting someone else's opinion get in the way of what we want to do.” > It worked. The team launched into an impeccable 20-6-4 run all the way to the playoffs. submitted by /u/DecentLurker96 [link] [comments]
