Role Playing: You're Mike Yeo

by BReynolds on Jan 13, 2012 1:30 PM CST in Features

Earlier today, you went through the exercise of armchair GM'ing. Now that you've had your fun being the boss, now you have been moved to middle management. You no longer control your own destiny. You are given a roster, and you have to make it work. You can't worry about what Chuck Fletcher is doing, or not doing. You don't get to decide if Chris Simon is on his way back to the NHL or not.

No, now you have a 23 man roster to work with. Injuries, egos, attitudes, abilities, limitations, systems, lines, scratches... all on your shoulders. You have been given a team, and it looks exactly like the current roster you had yesterday. Assume for a moment the GM is not going to bail you out with a trade. You're on your own with the guys you have.

You have a room with zero confidence in themselves. 23 guys who have given up on your system and seemingly on each other. You have a game tomorrow night against the top team in the West, and one that has surged since *gulp* their head coach was sent packing and replaced with a veteran coach who takes nothing less than best from his players.

Now what do you do? Who sits? Who plays? Who plays where? With who? Why? Does the system change?

Hurry up and make the decisions. We have Jacques Lemaire on line one.

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First we have a meeting and go around the room with every player talking about their feelings. Then after my face gets beet red I go off on a tirade telling them I don’t give an f about their feelings. Then a bag skate. Repeat until message is received and they resemble an NHL team.

2010-2011 Minnesota Wild Fantasy League Champion
President/CEO of the Tutu Many Slapshots fantasy hockey club

by Chris Winner on Jan 13, 2012 1:38 PM CST reply actions

Veterans

It is time for the veterans to step it up. Koivu, Heatley, Cullen, Schultz, and Zidlicky need to start leading by example and get this team on track. Put the onus on them to play like a team and with some heart. We have too many young guys on this team that are taking their lead and it’s not getting done. When we were winning, these were the guys who made it happen every night (except Zidlicky).

It doesn’t matter who’s on what line or what the system is. This has to happen first.

If that happens and then there can be some system changes, for the love of Leipold get the bloody power play on track. A power play goal a game would win us a lot of games. Get Zid shooting from the point. Get Heater set up at the dots. Get someone down front who is going to punch in the rebounds. Demote Spurgeon to the second power play unit because the kid can’t keep the effing puck in the zone.

by Jonsey on Jan 13, 2012 1:40 PM CST reply actions

Strange coincidence? I think not...

Record when Zidlicky injured: 10-3-0

Record when Zidlicky back from injury: 2-8-3

Ouch.

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by JSLandry on Jan 13, 2012 1:47 PM CST reply actions

Who's Zidlicky?

"Believe in the system. For it shall bring light when there is dark, food when there is hunger, and shots when there are passes. This is the divine process." Yeo 4:18

by NorthernStar on Jan 13, 2012 2:26 PM CST up reply actions

If I was Yeo

Staubitz would be spend every second of every game in the press box until A)Fletch got the hint and waived him B)He got frustrated and retired C) He started interning for Russo

by ThatGuy22 on Jan 13, 2012 1:57 PM CST reply actions

C would be the funniest

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President/CEO of the Tutu Many Slapshots fantasy hockey club

by Chris Winner on Jan 13, 2012 2:44 PM CST up reply actions

I don't think Staubitz is the biggest problem with this team.

Not a fan of him at all, but we can’t put this slide on him.

by cgp711 on Jan 14, 2012 10:49 AM CST up reply actions

I'm not

Just wish he was not on the team

by ThatGuy22 on Jan 14, 2012 1:13 PM CST up reply actions

Start sending messages to veterans

We’re halfway through the season and the vets obviously aren’t getting it done. Strip an A from a vet and give it to a kid or a younger guy who goes out there and makes things happen. Clutterbuck is your 1st choice. Give the guy an opportunity to get out there and make sparks fly. Put the vets in the position where they need to start work horsing.

Goalies rule!

by Arnie on Jan 14, 2012 12:14 AM CST reply actions

I like it. I also like the idea of benching their ass. Have a seat, Mr. Veteran. Yep, right there behind Mr. Reynolds in the press box. Enjoy the view.

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Master of unsustainable passive regression.

by BReynolds on Jan 14, 2012 10:54 AM CST up reply actions