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Vigneault Underestimated Luongo’s Mental State
by Alanah McGinley on 04/08/08 at 01:49 PM ET
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From Ben Kuzma at The Province:
“If I could do it over again, yeah, I would probably do things differently,” Vigneault said Monday. “That being said, we’re in a playoff push where every game is huge and I don’t know how I can’t play our best player.”
Vigneault had often repeated that his workhorse could handle the workload of appearing in 73 games. In the end, Luongo looked agitated with it all.
“Obviously, I underestimated not the physical demands of the schedule and the amount of games we play, but I underestimated his mental situation about everything that was happening in his life,” added Vigneault.
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I agree. I posted the link to this story without making any comment because I was too irritated reading it. 
Posted by Alanah McGinley from British Columbia on 04/08/08 at 04:27 PM ET
Sure, having your wife go through a difficult pregnancy and becoming a father for the first time then having to haul an entire team of non-scorers around on your back isn’t at all tiring.
Of course he said he was fine! Any pitcher will say he’s fine if you go out to the mound and his shoulder is hanging on by a thread! That’s why the coach or manager is supposed to use his brain once in a while and figure out when to take a player out despite what his own competitive instincts tell him.
I hope no one gives Luongo grief if he declines to play in the world championships because of fatigue. His family needs him more than Canada does.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 04/08/08 at 05:42 PM ET
I really, really hope Alain V is gone next year. This is just another example of bad coaching. The guy is clueless.
Hell, I’d even take Marc Crawford back at this point. At least we had exciting hockey. He’s just made too many mistakes. He put the Montreal Canadiens in the toilet and now he’s done the same thing to Vancouver. Just look at Koivu’s scoring under his regime. It looks a lot like Nazzy’s over the last two years. I don’t care who we bring in the help score. If Vinneault is behind the bench we’re not going anywhere. And you can take that to the bank.
Posted by Trini from VanC on 04/10/08 at 01:31 PM ET
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Alanah McGinley has been blogging hockey since 2003 (with a notable gap in time through 2010, kicking it with new baby Lucy while living knee-deep in chaos while reading “parenting for complete idiots” during every spare minute) sharing opinions, rants and not-so-deep thoughts with anyone who will listen.
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And people don’t think he’s a bad coach??
Posted by GZ Expat from Chiner on 04/08/08 at 04:24 PM ET