New York Islanders head coach Jack Capuano has coached five games for the team this season, and while the effort has been there for the most part, the results have been mixed.
The Islanders are injury-riddled, with Mark Streit, Kyle Okposo, Milan Jurcina, Andrew MacDonald and Jack Hillen out right now. Also, Trent Hunter, Doug Weight and Mike Mottau are dinged up.
Capuano has "simplified" the Gordon system, which was high on situational coaching and gave the team more freedom to be creative.
What exactly this means is a matter of opinion. Capuano has been called a player's coach, while Gordon is an X's and O's coach. That's the best way it can be explained.
Under Gordon, the Islanders were not getting out-shot by wide margins like they are now, but that issue can be traced to the expanded responsibilities of Bruno Gervais and Radek Martinek.
Both players came through the Islanders system and keep their jobs despite their porous defensive play.
You can put Columbus' overtime winner directly on Martinek's shoulders, who was faked out so bad on the rush that his pants and jockstrap were in the opposite corner while he sat there wondering ...
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Jack Capuano’s Mixed Results and New York Islanders’ Attendance
November 29th, 2010 by Frank Trovato Leave a reply »
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