Man I couldn't agree with you more.

Play a whole season.

Rise above expectations.

Win the conference.

Start the playoffs.

Change the entire team because of some nebulous concept that "experience wins playoff games". . .

Lose series.

WTF?

The true measure of a coach is what they do in the face of adversity. It's not when things are going well, it's when they're not. Last year we were the exact same team as this year's team until December in terms of performance. People forget that. We were flying with Buffalo and looked amazing. A dry spell hit. . . then we skidded into March when everyone says it was the flu that killed us. It was the lack of overcoming the slump in December/Jan that killed us.

Flash forward to this year. Only team in the league to not lose three in a row. Never a real contentious moment. Never a chance to handle adversity.

Now it shows up in spades in the playoffs. Tomorrow will answer the question: is Carbo a good coach or the beneficiary of a much underrated squad? I believe that the team is far more talented than widely held. If we can't win tomorrow it's coaching, pure and simple. It's the panic that Carbo showed last year. It's the decisive indecisiveness. The pressure is almost off I expect so little from them now - if they win I'll be shocked. Surprise me, Carbonneau.