Give me a break. South Florida hockey media barely exists so let's not act like any bias the media may have is some forceful scrutiny. Even then they don't blatantly direct criticism to either PoMo or Zito when given the opportunity.
While true, Zito was doing a traditional media run post-TDL you cannot deny that the focus of the discussion was largely PoMo and the team's performance. The fact that he hasn't even coached an entire season for the team and yet Zito is coming out to defend the hire or that he even has to is interesting. The team went from the President's trophy to a new coach and an incredibly mediocre follow-up season. The fanbase is questioning the change in trajectory after its most successful regular season in team history and honestly, rightfully so. It has endured garbage for two decades. There is every right to scrutinize this situation.
You give me a break, you brought the media thing and GR's sarcasm with Maurice and all...
I cannot deny that the focus of discussion was the team's performance and Maurice's work, no I cannot !
Now, tell me which deals we made Zito should have talked about ?
Tell me what his answer to "why you didn't make any moves ?" would be ?
What do you want him to say ? "I screwed up with the cap by buying out Yandle (wasn't his fault btw), then got caught by surprise in the Tkachuk deal, and was then forced to sit on my ass all year because I didn't have any money" yessss, maybe by saying that and being honest it would have been better...
Well, guess what ? That's EXACTLY what he said in his presser... Maybe you didn't caught it.
But what do people expected out of Zito's presser really ? I knew before hearing it that he wouldn't quit on his team and have this kind of words... Because it's the only he can give... He's not gonna talk to you about acquiring Jeannot when the guy is a f***ing Lightning...
I don't get it, what do people expected out of this press conference ?
To admit (if he really thinks it is one) that his HC-hiring was a mistake with 20 games left and no deal to shake-up the room ? Talk about losing your team and showing as much dumbness as our players taking careless stick penalties...
People questioning the change of scenery, I have no problem with that, and I'm still a little bit a part of it too... But I keep being objective. Always ! Scrutinize doesn't mean being mean or clueless...
As I said people questioning the fan-base for the direction ? Okay. Remember that direction included the Tkachuk trade... I hope people don't question that, because Huberdeau at 30 for 10M and Weegs... That was a BIG bullet dodged... And that's IMO irrefutable, no matter how much you want to scrutinize it...
Back on the presser, and his "vote of confidence" for Maurice... What were people expecting ? Did people really listen to it all ?