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Message: [QUOTE="007, post: 5016017, member: 393"] This season was a MAJOR transition in HC styles, personalties, and systems. And Red is a 1st time HC. To think that there would not be a significant learning curve for the both the players AND the staff was unrealistic. To be clear, I'm not suggesting that you necessarily thought this way. I am suggesting that the belief that Red simply shouldn't play kids who weren't buying in [I]might[/I] look obvious in hindsight, but this was an evolution over the course of the entire season. When do you stop playing talented players? When do you give up on kids? When do you know that you've done enough to try to change the culture before essentially giving up on the season? If significant changes have to be made, NOW is the time for those changes. This is what we are seeing play out. This off season was always going to be one of the defining moments in Red's HC journey. Let's judge him on that. [/QUOTE]