https://minnesotahockeymag.com/schwartz-stop-calling-for-yeos-head/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=schwartz-stop-calling-for-yeos-head Minnesota's leading online hockey destination. Tue, 07 Jan 2020 23:31:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://minnesotahockeymag.com/schwartz-stop-calling-for-yeos-head/#comment-1592 Sat, 30 Jan 2016 06:44:00 +0000 https://minnesotahockeymag.com/?p=21275#comment-1592 You’re missing the point; calling for Yeo’s head is just another way of saying he needs to be held accountable for the team’s output. As the coach of the team he *should* know the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, and he is indeed responsible for player unity. When an orchestra sounds terrible they don’t blame the french horns, they rightly blame the conductor.
Coaches aren’t supposed to just rely on talent, but to bring that talent together as a team in a strategic way that wins games. An organisation needs leadership. Is it easy to do this? Absolutely not. But that fact is another reason why Yeo might not be cut out for the job. Yet, I don’t blame him entirely. I’d put a chunk of the blame on Craig Leipold for not seeing this problem come down I-94 when Fletcher was hired, who then made the poor decision to bring his Pittsburgh buddy Yeo on as coach. The Penguins had an entirely different situation when Fletcher and Yeo were with them, and they thought they could just transplant that magic to Minnesota. With the only thing consistent about the Wild is their inconsistency, they’re now realizing how wrong they were.

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