Gabe Vilardi?

[Kurisu]

Those are fair points and of course none of us (me included) really know. But it looks to me to be attitude not confidence. I said it earlier and I'll say it again: he looks to me like an entitled athlete who thinks he's above having to work hard.

I don't want to wade into the wider analysis of the problems of his development, and I haven't watched him as closely as he's being discussed here, but there was a post game presser after one of his recent stints on the Kings where he was asked about his switch to wing and his answer made me wince with the aggrieved, juvenile tone he had with the reporter.

My thought at the time was that if he was displaying that publicly, he was definitely not making friends on the coaching and development staff.

 

[drums4dmf]

Gabe isn't playing any worse than Iafalo. Yet Iafalo is consistently in the line up and doesn't miss a shift and Gabe gets sat out. There is definately something wrong there. TM needs to be fair and consistent in his evaluation of players. Personally Iafalo isn't good at all.

At least Iafallo contributes to the Pk as well as recently playing the shut down roll on the 4th line. Should we expect more from him? Absolutely but there's no way Vilardi should be playing instead of Iafallo IMO.

 

[drums4dmf]

Yeah, I think he's trade bait in the offseason.

His trade worth is at an all time low. Let all hope Vilardi makes some major adjustments this summer prior to camp...

 

[Reg or Rog?]

That's the thing. On the one hand you're saying he didn't get a fair shot and on the other hand you're saying you don't know how he didn't get a fair shot. So what is it? If you think he didn't get a fair shot...how is it he didn't?



Is there ANYONE who didn't want him to succeed? Seriously, name one person who didn't want him to succeed.



I disagree 100%. Not one single successful NHL coach makes decisions based on personalities unless the "personality conflict" shows up as a problem elsewhere (like breaking curfew, long-shifting, not playing within the coach's game plan, or maybe making fun of Dustin Brown's speech impediment). I guarantee you that TM is not going to bench Trevor Moore because he doesn't like Moore's personality. If he gets benched it's because he's doing something wrong. Player and commentator after player and commentator have said it. You make it sound like Vilardi should get a free pass on his actual play and attitude on and off the ice.



Best "men"? Hmmmm...

Your example shows your style had nothing to do with personalities. It was all about performance and doing what you, as the supervisor, laid out for them to do. If they did it, they were out front, if they didn't they weren't. That's not "personality conflicts", that's your people doing what you (as the supervisor) told them to do...or not doing it and suffering the consequences.



I don't know what else to say other than player after player who talks about it thinks differently than you. The way you're putting it sounds like Vilardi should be playing and isn't because TM doesn't like his personality and it has nothing to do with his play on the ice. And that's just flat out wrong.



Sure, but that has nothing to do with a "personality conflict". It's that he doesn't do the things the coaches tell him to do. They say it, his teammates have said it, hell even HE has said it.



I don't know what games you watched but look at the stats and maybe rewatch the games. Vilardi's play was NOT fine.



EVERYONE is disappointed he's on his way out. But it's not TM and some "personality conflict." It's Vilardi and his willingness to play the way TM demands his players play.

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[Dr. Tran]

I made my way up the food chain to become a supervisor in my profession many years ago. And I always have my favorites on the job. I usually tend to favor the harder working individuals...the ones that make me look the best. If a project is completed on time, and the contractor makes money, I win. If the job is shut down or behind schedule, for whatever reasons...failed inspections or other performance related issues, I lose. So yeah, I always want to put my best men out front.

But what you’re pointing out in you playing favorites is based on something performance related. It’s who you think works hardest & makes you look best. It’s not who you like to hang out & have beers with. It’s the same with McLellan.

The only person keeping Gabe Vilardi out of the lineup is Gabe Vilardi. Nobody else.

 

[Reg or Rog?]

But what you’re pointing out in you playing favorites is based on something performance related. It’s who you think works hardest & makes you look best. It’s not who you like to hang out & have beers with. It’s the same with McLellan.

The only person keeping Gabe Vilardi out of the lineup is Gabe Vilardi. Nobody else.

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