Just a thought.
The 1st d-zone exit transition defines your entire system impact,it defines how you may utilise the player assets on the ice,how you may optimise
their skiilset ,the degrees you can utilise each asset,the list is ENDLESS.
Hurrying the 1st exit transiton DOES NOT MAKE YOU SAFER AND IT DOES NOT PROJECT A DEFENSIVE IMPACT,it produces a terminal impact at the NHL level,at
this level opponents dont need to gain possesion in your zone to immediatly create a ten bell scoring chance or to bury it on you.
Defense as much as I cant stand the word,isnt about clearing your zone it is about maintaining consistant puck possesion and preventing opposition
zone transitions.
If a skilled team hurrys the 1st zone exit then they shrink the rink on themselves,a skill team doesnt want to do that the freaking opponent is trying
to do that to a skilled team.This is the footshooting Dallas is trying to express.
a skilled team uses forechecking to force dumpins and then manages the 1st defensive zone exit optimally and engages their systems offense from there
where it is supposed to be engaged from.
The general idea is to control possesion and momentum for 200 feet then deposit the puck in the net.
Every single possesion is supposed to be doing this.
Rushing the 1st transition foces the forwards to recieve the puck in the n-zone off the first playaction,they lose a tremendous amount of space when
this happens and become vulnerable to bigger and slower teams clogging the n-zone,as LA does.
That initial zone exit MUST support the n-zone tactics that best fit the rosters skillsets and size ect ect ect for godsakes.
Bloody simple,there are only TWO core value actions required to negate the forecheck ,one is rush them the other is pass by them.
The man behind our net,is the catalyst of this entire process.If he rushes the forecheck he stutters them early and backs them off,if he passes he
gives them time to read the playaction.
The opponents forecheck needs to be manipulated and then exploited,this is not hard to do ok.
Now after you choose the tactic to neutralise the forecheck you need to match this with a n-zone transition,the RIGHT ONE, and then finally you need
to match that n-zone transition with your final zone transition,be it a possesion or a dump-in Arghhhh,whatever you choose.
You have 2 core value forechecking tactics one has a single upice zone entry tactic attatched and one has two zone entry tactics matched to it.If the
d-man skates it up into the n-zone then there is only one ,more zone transition to make,if he passes it within his own zone then there will be 2
transitions to make.
If the d-man exiting the zone is setting the playaction sequence then this means the n-zone support simply needs to know which of only 2 tactics he
will use,see it or hear it or both but dont tell me it is so hard to match it.
So the d-men need to know 2 simple zone transition tactics,big freaking deal,and the forwards need to know 3 simple zone transition tactics,big
freaking deal.
Where does all the complication come in that we see on the ice?
I will tell you where,there is inadequate pre-game tactical preperation, the zone transition tactics should be set PRE-GAME EVERY GAME and be reliable
and accurate,of course subject to change at any time but still quality data.
But if the men doing the scouting arent able to properly read and record opponents system influences and tendancies then the initial data is flawed
and bad things can happen fast.
So do the morons have some statistical idiot doing this work because it is so shoddy it has to be a stats geek.
Do you see where I am going here? Stats kill you they dont help you.
I mean please look at the incredibly low number of tactics players need to learn and tell me a 10 year old couldnt understand them.
You see this has NEVER BEEN A PLAYER LEARNING CURVE OR SYSTEM TEACHING disconnect,NEVER.
This has been a preperation and managment issue.
Anyone who can walk and chew bubble-gum at the same time can learn 2 or 3 simple tactics.
So we are left with timing those tactics as a group,communication.
Most of the game is communication.Read and reacts are catalysed by communication EVERYTHING is dependant on communication.
Based on the extremely low number of tactics players need to know the comunication requirements arent exactly overwhelming now are they?
In effect players on the bench should be able to call out the correct and accurate signals if the men on the ice never open their mouths during a
game.
I am not sure why a coach is needed other than for moral support to be honest.If the players on the bench dont understand how to run the game what
hope is there of winning consistantly in reality?
Why you heff complicate things?Is just hokkey!
I just gave you my recipie for Oil basted Oven Baked Black-Hawk.DO YOU UNDERSTAND.
I just showed you the methodology a current and veteran Oiler used to make me proud and allow me to take a tiny part of Waynes legacy on and out.
I am tempeted to show you the template used to take another of Waynes records out recently,again catalysed directly out of NHS Intuitive Dynamic
Managment impacts.
I cannot stress enough how important the KISS concept is for the players on the ice.
Optimal record setting results evolve out of KISS execution.
There is no way anyone is taking Waynes records out without a SUPERIOR managment strategy.There are some legendary skillsets playing in the NHL
present and past that couldnt break Waynes records so what kind of a fool would think that the current Oilers roster carries a player with anywhere
near Waynes skillset?
So you fellas better ask yourselves exactly how in hades we have seen several of waynes most impressive records falling in the last few years. It is
no coinkidink that this epic level of results manifested AFTER THE NHS WAS GIFTED TO THE TEAM THROUGH A FEW MEN.
You havent cracked the code yet and I am honestly telling you you never will because it is Mother nature you are trying to copycat.
You need to be TAUGHT ,and as i said Wayne hasnt written a book he is willing to share,Mark doesnt carry the natural visualisation ability to create a
fitting communication platform for himself to transfer his methodologys and teaching style optimally,and .
Mac-T is stats catalysed with a survival streak of high level Intuition.
Dallas is a deer in the headlights right now.
In terms of available and adequate curative measures there is the NewAge Hockey System and its inflating pricetag or unfortunately comrades there is
bupkiss.
I guarantee that if I can get any of these men in a room or all of them I will change their perceptions of the world around them long before we talk
hockey.This group needs a little shock and awe to put them in a proper learning mindset.They need a hands-on tactile learning experience they can
"feel" hitting them in the guts.
They need someone who can out think them consistantly and absolutely,all of them together at once.They need to see actual problem solving that they
cannot manage as a cumulative group executed in front of them to brand them permanently and kibosh any naysayers or problem children,on the spot.
This managment group requires an ABSOLUTE starting point and to get this they all must be ABSOLUTELY DOMINATED.
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