1. I wonder if it will inspire some of our stars to have an incredible year just because they ‘feel like something is different this year’
2. I also wonder if coaches and personnel will watch and discuss how players communicate with each other. This could help the team build as a whole. If guys aren’t meshing, take a chance at trading for someone who makes the TEAM better.
I_Am_Vladimir_Putin
Totally agree with this. The time to “have fun” is over, it’s time to do everything possible to win.
I’m sure some people will hate this.
AlecShadow
What is this, the coach from Footloose?
Ficklenesses
Seems silly but it does make sense. Have you ever lifted weights without music? Training gets more intense when the only thing you hear is pain
Geometric-world
OP is a blog spammer
thewolfshead
Keefe used music in practice originally during the low points in the season to help bring energy to practice, and then continued using it because he thought a louder environment for practice was beneficial to players, in how they’d have to communicate on the ice, to not be dead quiet, as in-game situations are not dead quiet. He also saw the Seattle Seahawks use it in practice and was influenced by that.
It was never solely to “have fun”.
CheesyHobbitses
Let them keep the strobe lights though, please.
Phoeptar
so no music during on ice practice. Hardly the clickbaity-ness the title implies. They should get EA to pump in game sounds like they did during covid.
Phoeptar
so no music during on ice practice. Hardly the clickbaity-ness the title implies. They should get EA to pump in game sounds like they did during covid.
Phoeptar
so no music during on ice practice. Hardly the clickbaity-ness the title implies. They should get EA to pump in game sounds like they did during covid.
rusinga_island
What does Ja Rule think?
Rupdy71
The day after the Leafs lost to Carolina and the EBUG, the Leafs cranked music at practice while a couple of the kids whose Dads are on the team took shots at the goalies.
Berube is a breath of fresh air and I am confident he will hold his players to account.
IAmTheBredman
This feels like a non story. Having music at practice doesn’t change anything. There’s music between whistles during games. To me this is just berube wanting to control the new environment from the beginning to set the tone. I don’t think berube is some no fun hard ass. His team won the cup after the team got hammered at a bar
clapperssailing
There is zero chance he hardens Nylander or Marner it’s just not in them.
BryanMccabe
Marner gonna cry
Flatoftheblade
This makes sense.
It’s fairly basic psychology that when you’re studying or practicing for an event where performance matters, you should do so under conditions that replicate what the actual test will look like. They won’t have music to power them through real games. No, music between the plays when they are collecting a breath isn’t the same as music when actively exerting themselves.
LtColumbo93
No music at all? Thought he’d at least put some dad rock on or something.
_posii
Oh no what will Reaves do now
UselessRaven
A lot of people will tell you sports are supposed to be fun, but you know what is a lot of fun, winning.
ldnk
I always find these things amusing because stuff like music (or facial hair) is all window dressing.
The issue isn’t about playing music in practice, its’ about the style of practice and how that preparation leads to performance on the ice. Playing music at practice isn’t just about having fun, it’s noise that can partially replicate a loud arena where on ice communication can be difficult. It can create energy during a long drawn out season.
I’ve seen Tom Brady’s « we aren’t going to Disneyland » commentary a lot recently. Was Brady having too much fun in the 16 seasons he didn’t win the Superbowl. Or was he only taking things seriously in the 7 times he won.
If Berube’s going to be successful in changing the teams playoff fortunes it isn’t because they stop practicing with music. It’s because he’s going to change their style of attack in a way that generates more goals in the postseason. That’s going to come from game preparation and convincing players to attack the net differently than we did under Keefe.
This is just superficial stuff to make it seem like practice didn’t matter under Keefe because it was just fun time, and that wasn’t why there was music at practice. Bottom line, with Keefe it didn’t work and we largely brought back the same team so you need to try and do things differently and hope for a better result.
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That’s such a huge move. Love it.
1. I wonder if it will inspire some of our stars to have an incredible year just because they ‘feel like something is different this year’
2. I also wonder if coaches and personnel will watch and discuss how players communicate with each other. This could help the team build as a whole. If guys aren’t meshing, take a chance at trading for someone who makes the TEAM better.
Totally agree with this. The time to “have fun” is over, it’s time to do everything possible to win.
I’m sure some people will hate this.
What is this, the coach from Footloose?
Seems silly but it does make sense. Have you ever lifted weights without music? Training gets more intense when the only thing you hear is pain
OP is a blog spammer
Keefe used music in practice originally during the low points in the season to help bring energy to practice, and then continued using it because he thought a louder environment for practice was beneficial to players, in how they’d have to communicate on the ice, to not be dead quiet, as in-game situations are not dead quiet. He also saw the Seattle Seahawks use it in practice and was influenced by that.
It was never solely to “have fun”.
Let them keep the strobe lights though, please.
so no music during on ice practice. Hardly the clickbaity-ness the title implies. They should get EA to pump in game sounds like they did during covid.
so no music during on ice practice. Hardly the clickbaity-ness the title implies. They should get EA to pump in game sounds like they did during covid.
so no music during on ice practice. Hardly the clickbaity-ness the title implies. They should get EA to pump in game sounds like they did during covid.
What does Ja Rule think?
The day after the Leafs lost to Carolina and the EBUG, the Leafs cranked music at practice while a couple of the kids whose Dads are on the team took shots at the goalies.
Berube is a breath of fresh air and I am confident he will hold his players to account.
This feels like a non story. Having music at practice doesn’t change anything. There’s music between whistles during games. To me this is just berube wanting to control the new environment from the beginning to set the tone. I don’t think berube is some no fun hard ass. His team won the cup after the team got hammered at a bar
There is zero chance he hardens Nylander or Marner it’s just not in them.
Marner gonna cry
This makes sense.
It’s fairly basic psychology that when you’re studying or practicing for an event where performance matters, you should do so under conditions that replicate what the actual test will look like. They won’t have music to power them through real games. No, music between the plays when they are collecting a breath isn’t the same as music when actively exerting themselves.
No music at all? Thought he’d at least put some dad rock on or something.
Oh no what will Reaves do now
A lot of people will tell you sports are supposed to be fun, but you know what is a lot of fun, winning.
I always find these things amusing because stuff like music (or facial hair) is all window dressing.
The issue isn’t about playing music in practice, its’ about the style of practice and how that preparation leads to performance on the ice. Playing music at practice isn’t just about having fun, it’s noise that can partially replicate a loud arena where on ice communication can be difficult. It can create energy during a long drawn out season.
I’ve seen Tom Brady’s « we aren’t going to Disneyland » commentary a lot recently. Was Brady having too much fun in the 16 seasons he didn’t win the Superbowl. Or was he only taking things seriously in the 7 times he won.
If Berube’s going to be successful in changing the teams playoff fortunes it isn’t because they stop practicing with music. It’s because he’s going to change their style of attack in a way that generates more goals in the postseason. That’s going to come from game preparation and convincing players to attack the net differently than we did under Keefe.
This is just superficial stuff to make it seem like practice didn’t matter under Keefe because it was just fun time, and that wasn’t why there was music at practice. Bottom line, with Keefe it didn’t work and we largely brought back the same team so you need to try and do things differently and hope for a better result.