Coaches don't say what they're thinking. Paul MacLean seems to have perfected the art of sounding sincere and earnest while also not giving away exactly what he means, using a blend of clichés, long, detailed sentences and well-placed I'm-a-fisherman-from-Antigonish-NS humour. It's almost a certain guarantee that what he says to the media is not precisely what he says to the team. Under this presumption, do the words he gives to the media even matter?