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Matching up against other teams best players.........your thoughts?

Not matching up............foolish?

Pick any team you are aware of...........maybe your home town team:

If you were coaching against them, how would you match up against that team with your players?

How would you look to exploit other teams with your teams assets?

DEPTH is the main concern. If teams dont have a solid 3 lines then its tough to match lines. Some teams match players or assign a shadow to a player so that they dont have time or space but in reality, you cant make adjustments if you dont have the depth.

newsguy35 wrote:DEPTH is the main concern. If teams dont have a solid 3 lines then its tough to match lines. Some teams match players or assign a shadow to a player so that they dont have time or space but in reality, you cant make adjustments if you dont have the depth.

So if you cannot adjust, what good is the coach?

newsguy35 wrote:but in reality, you cant make adjustments if you dont have the depth.

I fail to see where your coming from with this statement.... You can always make adjustments as a coach.

Matching the right defensive pairing is more important to me than matching forwards--with the exception of having a good center who is usually designated to play higher in the offensive zone. Half of it is getting your players to buy into your game plan.

lampthelight wrote:

newsguy35 wrote:but in reality, you cant make adjustments if you dont have the depth.

I fail to see where your coming from with this statement.... You can always make adjustments as a coach.

Adjustments can be made but in reality you cannot match lines if you only have 1 decent one. Sure, you can go out and attempt to switch up the lines to make it more fair but you have to work with what you have. If you have a set of defensemen who are capable of stopping a team, sure you can play them more but 51 minutes every game?

Hockeyguy_27 wrote:Matching the right defensive pairing is more important to me than matching forwards--with the exception of having a good center who is usually designated to play higher in the offensive zone. Half of it is getting your players to buy into your game plan.

I would agree on the D pairings. Oddly, I have seen some coaches put out their 5th and 6th D against the other teams best players............inattention to game??? Not sure.

Having a good center is important on both sides of the court.

breakout wrote:Having a good center is important on both sides of the court.

You sir are fired.

EREmpireStrikesBack wrote:

breakout wrote:Having a good center is important on both sides of the court.

You sir are fired.

Who changed this to a tennis forum?

breakout wrote:

Hockeyguy_27 wrote:Matching the right defensive pairing is more important to me than matching forwards--with the exception of having a good center who is usually designated to play higher in the offensive zone. Half of it is getting your players to buy into your game plan.

I would agree on the D pairings. Oddly, I have seen some coaches put out their 5th and 6th D against the other teams best players............inattention to game??? Not sure.

Having a good center is important on both sides of the court.

Court.......hahhahahahahahahahahahhaha

are you serious?

elliott70 wrote:

EREmpireStrikesBack wrote:

breakout wrote:Having a good center is important on both sides of the court.

You sir are fired.

Who changed this to a tennis forum?

Ease up, it was just an expression

breakout wrote:

elliott70 wrote:

EREmpireStrikesBack wrote: You sir are fired.

Who changed this to a tennis forum?

Ease up, it was just an expression

You are forgiven. And Darth Rogers cannot fire you, that responsibility belongs to two other fine gentlemen.
So consider us eased.


But it was funny.

elliott70 wrote:

EREmpireStrikesBack wrote:

breakout wrote:Having a good center is important on both sides of the court.

You sir are fired.

Who changed this to a tennis forum?

LOL not bustin on anyone here but that is funny but elliott i believe the sport that he was referencing would be basketball not tennis. Unless tennis has recently started using a big man up at the net now!

If i was a coach, I wouldn't take advise from anyone on this thread

elliott70 wrote:

breakout wrote:

elliott70 wrote: Who changed this to a tennis forum?

Ease up, it was just an expression

You are forgiven. And Darth Rogers cannot fire you, that responsibility belongs to two other fine gentlemen.
So consider us eased.


But it was funny.

Thanks............I was nervous

.... I would play my kid



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plug!

If I was a coach..... I would keep my mouth shut to the officials, it only causes them to get upset and then you don't get any calls!!!! Some coaches that I have seen this year do not leave the officials alone, and even I get annoyed, and I am not an official.

breakout wrote:

elliott70 wrote:

breakout wrote: Ease up, it was just an expression

You are forgiven. And Darth Rogers cannot fire you, that responsibility belongs to two other fine gentlemen.
So consider us eased.


But it was funny.

Thanks............I was nervous

Don't get too comfortable. My day will come. And you will be somewhere on my list (quite a few above you right now.)

Boblee would be the head scout
Zamman would be the head cheerleader
ERE would be the team manager
Can't Never Tried would be the team captain
and we might not win a game.....

blueblood wrote:Boblee would be the head scout
Zamman would be the head cheerleader
ERE would be the team manager
Can't Never Tried would be the team captain
and we might not win a game.....

The Shrine Circus is town??

Personally my team is really good, not to brag or anything. But I like to match up my 3rd line against other teams 1st line. That way my first and second lines can rack up the points.

blueblood wrote:Boblee would be the head scout
Zamman would be the head cheerleader
ERE would be the team manager
Can't Never Tried would be the team captain
and we might not win a game.....

Manager? You kiddin' me coach? The only way I refill water bottles is if Jack Daniels is helping me do so.

" C "

Can't Never Tried wrote:" C "

Oh get over yourself. As team manager I didn't have a vote, otherwise the outcome would have been different...

tomASS wrote:

blueblood wrote:Boblee would be the head scout
Zamman would be the head cheerleader
ERE would be the team manager
Can't Never Tried would be the team captain
and we might not win a game.....

The Shrine Circus is town??

I can cheer!!!!