Thread by @JetsCentric

An attempt to write a fair/honest #NHLJets assessment:

It's always difficult to present what may be fair but negative comments on the team we all love. Many (who need to hear) just tune you out. So you either hold back too much or smash all the dishes on the floor...

...such is twitter. Oh well. The Jets are a very good team on paper. One of the most loaded teams for forward depth in the league. Last year's #whitehout was awesome and the team looked the part of SC Champs. This year however, they haven't been as good. You can blame whoever...

...but if you know anything about pro sports, it always comes down to the coach. You can't replace 20 players easily. Before the season started the coach wanted Myers to play LHD offhand. How'd that go? Terribly, and so many people called it too, but ppl told them to be quiet...

...afterall, we aren't NHL coaches. Before the season we suggested on our podcast to split up 55 & 26 and now most everyone is on board with that. Concerns of trying to make Bryan Little be the Stastny between 27 & 29 were not unfounded. Little successes does not...

...an elite second line make. Literally from the beginning these were all non-starters. You can make fun of charts and numbers all you like, but they don't lie like our preferences and biases do. We all have them, but we need to be honest about them. The Jets current...

...slide is getting everyone on the same page. This team is broken. Maybe some locker room stuff has contributed, but it seems clear now by almost every eye test and spreadsheet that this team needs the coach to do something progressive. This isn't an anti-Maurice thread...

...He is the coach and by default the best person to fix it. If he can't, he's not the right guy for the job. Like him, Love him, or hate him, it's HIS job to fix this, not an individual players. They don't choose their line mates, minutes or assignments. Paul Maurice needs to...

...look himself in the mirror and fix this shit. Hate to say we told you so, but this is literally the nonsense we talk about on the podcast all the time, and it turns out we weren't crazy. To those who say 'don't panic', you can only get so many C-'s on your assignments...

..before there is no time left in the school year to find projects for extra marks. At some point you run out of time, and if you haven't played elite for more than a few games in a row, how the hell do you expect to magically turn it on for 16-28 games against the best teams...

...in May/June? It's a fool's folly to think that's how it works. Yes teams slump, but all the evidence right now besides tHe sTAnDinGs point to this team being very average and NOBODY wants that. Also, THERE ARE NO STANDINGS IN THE PLAYOFFS. You're either the better team more..

...often than not and right now the Jets aren't. Not just cuz the 2 Ottawa games, Colorado or Montreal. Quite literally, most of the season. Outplayed consistently and often. There is a skill and value to winning games you don't deserve to, but you know what's better???...

....Being as good as you can be and winning convincingly more often than not. Be the best you can be. Points in the bank are nice, but FFS be better, and if you are still confused, this starts with the coach (and mgmt to a larger extent)...

...it's nice to see more ppl being upset. It's a passionate fan base. Now when you see ppl complaining about the underlying numbers or deployment, I hope it unites us. The hope is that we all can respectfully disagree BUT be more honest about where we are as a starting point...

...we aren't doomed AND also not everything is just fine so don't worry. This team is in a great position in the standings. Fix the lines. Make a trade.Don't gloss over issues even if it goes against your narrative. Change your mind to a better version of the truth...

...don't give Mgmt or coaches a pass because you like them. Give credit for the good things done and demand better (as much as a fan can) when it looks like Shit. Tonight's Colorado game looked like Shit, but it's one game, but the issues have been there for some time...

...Fix it Paul Maurice. It's literally your job. We'd all be expected to do our jobs to a certain level of quality and right now he has to be on the hot seat with all of us. Sorry if you can't see it just because the Central has mostly Shit the bed, doesn't mean we can too...

...under that thinking, if every team in the Central Division lost every game for the rest of the year by a score of 10-0, the Jets would still be in 1st place. Not sure the standings tell enough of a story. Y'all should open and read the rest of the book...
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