The Toronto Rock will not hire an offensive coach to replace Greg Van Sickle, who was fired Monday after a pair of crucial weekend losses to Rochester and Philadelphia.
Sounds like a good plan. The offence wasn't producing so a change needed to be made, right? Wait a minute, before the Rochester game the Rock posted back to back 14 goal games
In in an interview with the National Post, general manager Mike Kloepfer said the team will instead hand responsibility for the offence over to head coach Glenn Clark as Toronto tries to stay in playoff position with only three games remaining on the regular-season schedule.
He is officially the GM now? That sounds promising. That's great that Clark will be running it too. He has so much experience running offences in the NLL
“We feel it will be best to have Glenn work directly with the forwards,” said Kloepfer.
Why is the Mike? Going to give the fans a reason? No...just going to say its best, just like all your other moves.
Kloepfer said the decision to dismiss Van Sickle was difficult but necessary after Toronto’s offence appeared out of sync on the weekend, despite the trade-deadline acquisition of sniper Lewis Ratcliff.
Why was out of sync? Possibly because their best passer and a guy who has been working with the offence all season was dealt just as the team was coming around.
The Rock’s offence has sputtered most of the season and is averaging only 10.3 goals a game. Only the 4-7 Edmonton Rush score fewer goals in the 12-team league.
Except when they started to actually score before the Ratcliff trade. They were doing quite fine then.
“We just weren’t getting the production we needed from our offence,” said Kloepfer. “Sometimes nothing improves without having to make a difficult decision.”
You actually were on Easter weekend. I guess you didn't bother to check that Mike. You know what else might improve the team? You stepping down you fat piece of shit.
Toronto had a chance to move into first place heading into last weekend’s pair of games. But losses in both dropped the 7-6 Rock back into fourth place, only a half-game ahead of the fifth-place New York Titans. Only the top four finishers in each division qualify for the NLL playoffs.
“That’s the nature of the National Lacrosse League,” said Kloepfer. “There’s so much parity now. One weekend you’re playing for first place and the next weekend you’re fighting for a playoff spot … We need to take the next three games very seriously.”
One weekend you are smoking an upcoming Edmonton team and getting a relatively easy win over a very tough Buffalo squad. Then your best playmaker is dealt, and the offence sputters. I can almost guarantee they would have put up more of a fight against Rochester if Sanderson were still there.
Kloepfer would not comment on specifics when asked how the team will try to boost scoring heading into Saturday’s home game against the 4-7 Chicago Shamrox.
“We believe in the personnel that we have,” said Kloepfer. “We have very good forwards. These guys are professionals. They have a collective responsibility to create those scoring chances and to finish when they get them.”
You had a better offence before you dismantled it a couple seasons ago. Every player in the league is a professional, they are all getting paid to play lacrosse. You have a collective responsibility to make good decisions for a highly successful lacrosse team. You are an idiot
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