Looks like another bag skate/conditioning day for the team.
As expected, #CBJ holding a “hard-work” themed practice today in Nationwide Arena. Lots of skating. Intense one-on-one drills. Many players with gloves on knees between whistles.
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As frustrating as the games can get not pulling out Ws, I think we can all be happy about the accountability.
When players slack off, they eat press box popcorn. When the team effort isn’t there, they bag skate.
It’s not a perfect approach. Pascal is still feeling the roster out and in my opinion, doing his best to get things in the right direction.
Larsen really instilled a lot of lazy, bad behaviors, and it will unfortunately take some time to undo those.
I truly am curious the bad/lazy habits this team picked up while under Larsen. Glad Pazzy is trying to squash and kill those habits to make it known that’s not acceptable
I said this after the last bag skate. They’re pro athletes and they can handle it. This is the equivalent of a drill instructor punishing a whole group due to one or two cadets messing up. Vincent working towards a culture where the players in the room help hold each other accountable to playing hard and putting in effort, regardless of whether or not the roster is talented enough to win consistently. Effort is a minimum expectation.
Under Larsen, there was no accountability and seemingly no systems either. That was what was mind-boggling – we would lose and suck and he would just shrug or say, “that’s locker room stuff I’m not going to comment on”.
Pazzy, at least, is calling out the team, benching players for poor/lazy play, and talking about his systems and how the team is adapting to them. That is very important for these young players and HOPEFULLY sets the stage for future success, even if it isn’t a playoff run this year.