Ryan Rishaug
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And I think this year needs to teach them a lesson that, look, nothing is a guarantee.
You can't sleepwalk through the regular season and think you can flip a switch.
You're just not that good.
And that's not just management's fault.
It's your fault, too.
You've got to commit to a process.
You've got to be better as a group every day.
You've got to demand more of each other.
and get back to a process that you can lean on in the playoffs.
Now, does a veteran head coach that comes in and speaks that message and has experience in implementing that, does that help?
100%.
I'm not going to let them off the hook with not having that last year because of Chris Knobloch.
I'm not doing that, Bob.
I'm not buying that one.
Got one more.
You were pitting it on the other guy.
Okay, go ahead.
Losing in the first round of the playoffs should be all the sales pitch.
They need to look hard in the mirror and say, what's our part of this?
I'll answer that when I see the roster.