Larry Brooks at the New York Post implores Head Coach Tom Renney to start disciplining his players..."They have been consistently plagued by bad penalties and undermined by their failure to shoot the puck on the power play.
And yet, not a single player has been benched for so much as a shift for taking a bad penalty, let alone for a game. Not one player has been taken off the power play for a failure to shoot the puck as directed by the coaching staff...
...On Renney's Rangers, there are no consequences for breaches in discipline. There are no consequences for failure to follow the game plan. No one misses a shift. No one is benched. No one is reprimanded in team meetings.
There are no consequences for lazy play or for repeated mental errors - no consequences except on the scoreboard and in the standings, that is."
...in my opinion this is a bit harsh by Brooks. During Renney's tenure as coach he has been know to bench players for luckluster play (i.e. Nylander, Poti and Malik) and has completely changed the culture in the Rangers' locker room. Now having said that, I do agree with Brooks to the extent that Renney has been very forgiving this year, especially with Hossa taking bad penalties and Rozsival not shooting the puck on the power play. I would love, just once, to see Renney go off on Rozsival after, once again, not taking a wide open shot on the power play.
...hopefully, Renney reads this article today, because this team needs a good kick in the pants.
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