I am the Liquor
ABK
- Oct 15, 2008
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They absolutely have to fire Woody. Today.Or the wrong teacher.
They absolutely have to fire Woody. Today.Or the wrong teacher.
Kulak, Desharnais and Ceci combined for 0 hits today. ZERO!!! This is PROFESSIONAL ICE HOCKEY!!!! HOW DO YOU HAVE NO HITS?????
What is WRONG with this team?
We have the second worst goal diff in the league. Only SJ is worse. The Ducks and the Coyotes have a better goal diff than the Oilers ffsSeattle had the worst high danger sv% at 5v5 in the league last year at just over 79%.
The Oilers goalies right now are stopping 65% lmao. It’s literally almost a coin flip that if the other team gets a genuine chance it’s going to end up in the back of the Oilers net.
Or the wrong teacher.
I mean these are the best of the best of hockey players, who have all played some form of the system being implemented since Atom rep. I find it hard to believe that literally none of them can implement it. Woody was on a short leash with me after the playoff debacle, and I’m pretty much done with him, and I think the boys are too. And ya, they are coddled and we’ve had a gazillion coaches and we always end up back at the same place, but the roster is what it is, and they’ve proven that they can be motivated in spurts by a coaching change, so that may be the only way to save the season at this point. Can’t believe I’m saying this after only 7 games, but that’s the sad reality.That goes without saying. He’s changed systems 3 times in 3 years and held two awful training camps implementing two of them.
I mean these are the best of the best of hockey players, who have all played some form of the system being implemented since Atom rep. I find it hard to believe that literally none of them can implement it. Woody was on a short leash with me after the playoff debacle, and I’m pretty much done with him, and I think the boys are too. And ya, they are coddled and we’ve had a gazillion coaches and we always end up back at the same place, but the roster is what it is, and they’ve proven that they can be motivated in spurts by a coaching change, so that may be the only way to save the season at this point. Can’t believe I’m saying this after only 7 games, but that’s the sad reality.
Yup. They lost against Vegas because he stubbornly stuck with Skinner when he was clearly struggling, not because of the defensive system. They misdiagnosed the problem. That is malpractice.It’s unbelievable that woody suddenly decided to do a 180 degree turn and wont back down. “But Boston does it”. Edm isn’t Boston. What works for one team doesn’t work for another. He has destroyed this team in every single facet of the game in only 7 games. That’s why the media was picking Edm for the cup prior to because the team was staying the course. Did he fall and hit his head in the off season or something? The Dark days have returned.
And it's compounded by a terminal case of No Finish amongst the forwards on this team now. It was bad last year as well but McDavid said "f*** it I'LL score then" a lot of the time which obviously isn't an option right now.Seattle had the worst high danger sv% at 5v5 in the league last year at just over 79%.
The Oilers goalies right now are stopping 65% lmao. It’s literally almost a coin flip that if the other team gets a genuine chance it’s going to end up in the back of the Oilers net.
Yup. They lost against Vegas because he stubbornly stuck with Skinner when he was clearly struggling, not because of the defensive system. They misdiagnosed the problem. That is malpractice.
You say he's decent, then list a handful of things that doesn't even make him decent. A decent coach for a cup contending team teaches structure and runs trainings with some intensity. A decent coach also holds his players accountable, plays the correct personel and has a general plan how to run a team. Woody atm does none of these things.Woody is a decent coach, but he's way too nice and doesn't believe in hard work during practices.
He dug his own grave by trying to change systems (which was the right call) with a dumb defensive unit and then having a 2nd straight candy ass training camp.
For all the people who kick and scream about old fashioned "hard" coaches, well this is the opposite and is it any better? You have a so-called Cup contender playing like a Dallas Eakins team because there's no structure, no intensity in practice, no accountability, just some guy who wants to be nice to everyone.
Honestly, I don’t see how anyone argues this.I’d say they have chosen “Bust”.
Like why tf is Erne here? Even he's suprised he made it.
Erne is a signing completely reminiscent of the Perlini signing a few years ago. He's a depth player who was marginally more effective in the eyes of the coaches at camp. It is absolutely clear that he's a place holder and will be nowhere near this roster by March (likely he's not here way before then).The Rangers threw us a bone. They put Quick in net. Dudes been terrible for years.
Oilers proceed to get 1 shot on net after like the first 10 minutes and like 10 shots halfway through the game. They totally just didn’t challenge him. We somehow made Quick look good.
This is just dumb players with a dumb coaching staff.
Lazy GM and lazy hockey operations department. Combined with a coach running a lazy preseason.
Calling them training camps is being generousThat goes without saying. He’s changed systems 3 times in 3 years and held two awful training camps implementing two of them.
DefinitelyThe team we trade McDavid to is going to win like 5 straight cups aren't they.
nobody was beating Vegas last year. Oilers game them a good go. But putting Campbell in would not have put the oil into the third round.Yup. They lost against Vegas because he stubbornly stuck with Skinner when he was clearly struggling, not because of the defensive system. They misdiagnosed the problem. That is malpractice.
And that’s including the obligatory blow out of Nashville. As I said up thread, this is so much worse than anyone could’ve predicted. Every, and I mean every, facet of the game is trash right now with no easy answers to any of it.We have the second worst goal diff in the league. Only SJ is worse. The Ducks and the Coyotes have a better goal diff than the Oilers ffs