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Coach Todd McLellan has been held accountable for the Detroit Red Wings' recent failures. His leadership is under scrutiny as the team struggles to perform.
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As GM Steve Yzerman was quick to point out, itâs easy to pin the blame on the players for the latest playoff failure of the Detroit Red Wings.
Iâm not going to sit here and just whatâs the right word? Criticize, dump on our players, beat our players up,â Yzerman said. â
âWe all have to take responsibility for it. âUltimately, itâs incumbent upon me and my staff to improve the team.â
Sitting next to Yzerman as they dissected the teamâs misfortune, coach Todd McLellan was also willing to wear his share of the blame.
âYou can talk about leadership, captaincy, all that type of stuff,â McLellan said. âYouâre looking at the guy. Iâm the guy thatâs responsible for it. Iâm the captain of the ship. And we have to do a better job.
âWe have to get players to do things they donât want to do.â
One of those aspects that McLellan plans to get the Red Wings to do whether they like it or not, is to play with a heaviness in their game.
âThe heaviness part, the nastiness part, if itâs in there, itâs our job to draw it out of them,â McLellan said. âIf we canât get it out of them, maybe they canât do it. But that starts with us, the resilience part, and the mental strength of the group as a whole.
âI canât, or we canât control everybodyâs mental approach to the game, but we can try to control the heart of the team as much as we possibly can, and we have to do a better job of that.â
McLellan believes that as the season progressed and the competition level in the games ramped up, the Red Wings simply couldnât keep pace with the rest of the league.
âThe league plays out in four different phases, in my opinion,â McLellan said. âThereâs the beginning, and then you settle in, the dog days, and then the push. And I talk more about the push than anything.
âWhen the push arrived, teams elevated. I donât know if we stayed at the same spot or if we dropped. Some of the mistakes that we worked hard to correct showed their faces again down the stretch. And the seasonâs just long enough to expose your true team when itâs all said and done.â
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Todd McLellan is being blamed for the team's poor performance and inability to meet expectations.
McLellan's coaching has been criticized for not effectively leading the team, contributing to their struggles this season.
The consequences may include potential changes in coaching staff and a reevaluation of team strategies to improve performance.
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