Zemlak Released

[daviejojo]

I know it's not strictly Fife related, but thought it warranted a thread anyway

Sad times for Garrett, the move just didn't work out for him alas.

All the best Garrett though, we'll always remember you fondly at Fife, and in fairness, you've dealt with the recent weeks with great dignity and decorum.

www.braeheadclan.com/clan-sign-machesney-p181247

[Ironjaw]

End of the day he stuck around last year when no everybody did and was out best player so fair play to him as far as fifes concerned. Clearly something wasn't right with him at Braehead tho, looked like a different goalie

[theweeman]

Gutted for him.

[daviejojo]

Think maybe the expectation and expected instant success took it's toll. Plus, the fans just didn't take to him, were on his back from day 1. He went from hero status with us, to getting pelters. Once the confidence went, he was up against it.

He's a great kid, onwards and upwards Garrett, we'll never forget you here.

[theweeman]

Jan 10, 2013 16:22:16 GMT daviejojo said:

Think maybe the expectation and expected instant success took it's toll. Plus, the fans just didn't take to him, were on his back from day 1. He went from hero status with us, to getting pelters. Once the confidence went, he was up against it.

He's a great kid, onwards and upwards Garrett, we'll never forget you here.

He was hung out to dry. You don't become a poor goalie overnight.

[Kev]

hope he gets a new team quickly!
great guy and i'm sure he'll prove his doubters wrong

[flyer007]

Jan 10, 2013 16:27:53 GMT @theweeman said:

Jan 10, 2013 16:22:16 GMT daviejojo said:

Think maybe the expectation and expected instant success took it's toll. Plus, the fans just didn't take to him, were on his back from day 1. He went from hero status with us, to getting pelters. Once the confidence went, he was up against it.

He's a great kid, onwards and upwards Garrett, we'll never forget you here.

He was hung out to dry. You don't become a poor goalie overnight.

He got hung out to dry in Fife last season as well I haven't seen Braehead concede 76 shots to the Panthers. Although in fairness Braehead have given up a lot of Grade A scoring chances.

I agree he is not a poor goalie he was fantastic for us last season and if things didnt work out with Pitts I would certainly give Mr Zemlak a call.

I think there were a few problems. He was put under a lot of pressure to deliver a championship at a very young age we have got to remember he is very young for a NM and will continue to improve. It was the 2nd year in a row he was not getting a lot of help from the guys in front of him but last year he used it as a learning experience and was loved by the fans. This year he was told from the stands that it was all his fault when anyone could see it didnt matter if Braehead at Ryan Miller in nets they would have conceded a lot of goals and then to top it all Krestanovich stopped believing in him.

I think his confidence went and he never got it back.

He is a great guy and did great for us last season I wish him all the best for the future and wouldn't mind seeing him again in the Blue, White and Gold just not at the expense of Bryan.

[coloradoflyer]

all the best buddy hope you get a team soon and prove to the clan how good you really are, our best player player last year by a country mile sad times, but keep your head up and push yourself even more now

[buck]

I've seen a lot of Garrett this season and he had a poor to non-existent defence in front of him for most of the time, and JK persisted in bringing in forwards.

Being a neutral I could see over the past weeks that there's been a bit of a clique growing between the "stars" on the team and the lesser lights. Anyhow, good luck to Garrett I'm sure he'll bounce back.

[harlan]

It might be hard for Zemlak to get himself another team this season because of his stats over the last season and a half but I wish him all the best for his future wherever that is.

I wonder what made Zemlak choose Clan for this season, a lot of people during the summer said it wasn't the right fit and those people have been vindicated but not all of it was Zemlaks fault.

For the second season in a row he has found himself behind a team with no defence and the majority of the work being expected from him.
The difference between last season and this is that we appreciated Zemlak for his efforts behind a first year poor team whereas Clan fans got on his back the first bad game their team had and used him as the scapegoat and then to have his coach come out and say that about his starting netminder on TV was so unprofessional, you keep that kind of laundry in the room and not air it in public, that it was only a matter of time for Zemlak and he was in a no win situation and he will probably be pleased that his Clan hell is now over.

It will be interesting to see where he ends up now and hopefully it will be with a team that has a good defence and he can restore his confidence

[tequila]

Keeping it simple did kresto ever want him in first place good luck to zemmer and lets wait and see if new goalie gets a new defence brought in

[jamestkirk]

Like the minority of Fife fans who abused Zemlak on his games against Fife there are a minority of Clan fans who didn't give him a chance at Braehead.

However, nice to see a thread of folk joining in and wishing him all the best in the future here and indeed on the Clan forum :-)

[Marky]

I'm actually beginning to take a serious dislike to Krestanobitch, especially for the way in which he publicly lambasted him recently during an interview, to me that was unforgivable. Zemmer should have told him to go do one after seeing and hearing that. What a deek Krestanobitch was that night.

The Clan's defence are what ours was like last season, all over the place.

I wish Zemmer all the best for his future career, he was a rock for us last season.

[sparkymark75]

I see their new goalie played alongside Mike Hamilton and Derek Keller last season.

[ted]

All the very best Zemlak