danny boy nailed it. certainly there's blame to be sprinkled all over the management group, but coach looks like a
deer in headlights. wouldn't be shocked at all to see him in st. louis within a month.
Setting aside what will actually happen -- nothing, where it concerns Sweeney and Neely -- there are two basic issues.
One, however impressive the regular season records and his abilities as a General Manager, the rosters Sweeney has constructed have repeatedly, ignominiously failed to advance in the playoffs. I don't see how you can argue otherwise.
Two, Montgomery is a very good regular season coach. As Carl Corazzini noted, the 2023-24 Boston Bruins were not a 109 point team, but Montgomery deserves credit for helping them get there.
Yet as noted previously, there is an air of instability and uncertainty about the club. Overthinking, indecision and, though perhaps unfair, lack of conviction and confidence.
This has created needless drama and the suspicion among some that when the pressure is on, the coach does not know what he is doing.
I am not talking about X's and O's.
I'm talking about someone who makes baffling moves in the playoffs, refuses to explain why he makes them, and while saying the right things about accountability, ultimately does not appear to accept much of his own.
I don't like it.