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[QUOTE="Cuse All-In, post: 4242633, member: 8149"]
I agree with your comments about the "synergies" between defense and goalie.  We haven't seen that spark of confidence and take charge authority in the goalies this year that we saw with Porter and Molloy. Unless you are a psychologist, I don't think you can describe Drake as depressed in tough games last year - less confident, head on swivel would be better IMO.  I feel bad for the current goalies as they didn't get a solid season under their belts before dealing with the chaos of this season.  How good they could be we just don't know as we aren't there at practices.  They have had to deal with Gait's constant switching and obvious lack of confidence in them, something which Desko never did. After a season like this, both Gavin and Thompson may not be able to "recover" mentally and a new goalie (McCool or transfer) will be the only options.

Gait's communication skills are very poor in my view.  Constantly (directly or indirectly) dissing the talent level of the players, their preparation and their execution has to be hugely demoralizing.  Just bringing Gavin in as a transfer sent a clear message to Thompson.  Replacing Phaup will be a major requirement!
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