Did DeBoer just fire himself with the Oettinger fiasco?

[ExarKun80]

It's Torts time in Dallas.

 

[elmaco]

Oettinger for Swayman. Both the same age signed long term at the same cap hit.

Who says no?

Swayman sucks dude

 

[avocadosmoothie]

Oettinger for Swayman. Both the same age signed long term at the same cap hit.

Who says no?

Dallas

 

[Fatass]

It's Torts time in Dallas.
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Need a Murphy bed in the coach’s office.

 

[sbhnur]

It's Torts time in Dallas.
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First thing I thought when I saw his statement.

Blaming others is a common strategy to distract from own shortcomings. Some guys use it a lot.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Oettinger drove the bus that got them to the WCF and then Deboer decides to run him over with it.... what a clown.

 

[brentashton]

He gone.

 

[ShootIt]

Oettinger drove the bus that got them to the ECF and then Deboer decides to run him over with it.... what a clown.

Well, it would make sense for DeBoer to run him over if Oettinger drove the team to the ECF and not the WCF.




Didn't expect all this for game 5. Nill has his work cut out for him this offseason.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Well, it would make sense for DeBoer to run him over if Oettinger drove the team to the ECF and not the WCF.




Didn't expect all this for game 5. Nill has his work cut out for him this offseason.

Sleep deprivation FTW

 

[tfwnogf]

Dinoboer should go to pasture. Dude just doesn't have what it takes.

 

[elmaco]

Bye bye DeBore.

 

[paragon]

Getting owned against the back to back WCF champs when nobody else in the West would compete with either isn’t that bad.

Impossible to say how well teams match against each other. Not that crazy to think Avalanche or Jets could have beaten Oilers.

Dallas did well, but that's not enough. I think DeBoer has proven his system can't beat the Oilers for 2 years in a row now. Time for a change. Maybe they need follow Vegas and wait until Cassidy is fired, replace DeBoer and win the Cup.

 

[JKG33]

Don't forget what he did to Lehner

Tbf Lehner was Deboer's broken clock is right twice a day moment. That dude deserved the poor treatment.

Though why Deboer wanted so badly to continue starting that shit goalie I have no idea

 

[ijuka]

Two high-quality chances, two goals. Sometimes it happens.

If you're going to pull the goalie, I think at least one of the goals should be an actual softie. Both of those chances were clear mistakes by the defense.

 

[PenguinSuitedUp]

DeBoer sucks. Sixth Conference final loss in a row, with three different Orgs. Players gotta go out and play the game, but you can't tell me his coaching sets them up for success.

Every time he gets near the end of the Dance he gets outcoached. No adjustments, whining to the media every game, called a timeout and looked mostly limp trying to pump his team up. He's the common denominator for teams choking, Vegas fired him and then beat him the next year on the way to their Cup...lmao

Maybe he should go coach the Canes, seems like their conference finals futility is equally matched.

But by the same token, isn’t he undefeated in game 7’s?

 

[SirKillalot]

This isn't even taking account it's the 6th straight conference final DeBoer has lost as a coach too.

So he is actually a good coach. Has any other made more than 3 during that time?

No, I think DeBoer gets fired early next season. But wouldn't be surprised if he was fired soon.

Probably gets a job quickly though.

As he should. If you constantly getting your team to the top 4 teams left, it's not just about coaching mistakes in the end. Its the players as well and the fact that you are playing good opponents.

 

[Austerlitz]

Impossible to say how well teams match against each other. Not that crazy to think Avalanche or Jets could have beaten Oilers.

Dallas did well, but that's not enough. I think DeBoer has proven his system can't beat the Oilers for 2 years in a row now. Time for a change. Maybe they need follow Vegas and wait until Cassidy is fired, replace DeBoer and win the Cup.

Dallas got match-ups that suited them through two rounds and then couldn't do anything against a different style of team.

Not that crazy to think L.A or Vegas beats them in five too.

 

[Clint Eastwood]

I think Deboer is a good coach and firing him without a plan in place would be shortsighted even with the dumb media comments.

 

[Austerlitz]

It seems to me that DeBoer just doesn't make any adjustments. Ever.

Last year against Edmonton, I understood it because, really, it was working. It was a very close six game series and they seriously outplayed the Oilers in the final game.

But this year? It wasn't that close but he didn't really change anything. Same lines, mostly the matchups Knoblauch wanted... last night even, at home and in an elimination game, DeBoer still didn't seem to make much of an effort to get the Rantanen line away from Bouchard, despite them not having an answer for Bouchard retrieving the puck and zipping an outlet pass up to a forward over and over again.

Just weird.

 

[TheShape]

I don't believe DeBoer is a good coach at all and seems like one of those guys who will burn bridges wherever he goes. But coaching in the NHL is a carousel so I'm sure he'll land elsewhere in no time.

 

[Summer Rose]

But by the same token, isn’t he undefeated in game 7’s?

Can't lose a game 7 if you don't play a game 7...

 

[Greatzsky 99]

No, he made a move, and it didnt work out.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Benching Oettinger was absurd. Find some other way to motivate your team, don’t put one of your best players on the bench.

 

[Ararana]

IMO when coaches throw fits like this (and in the postgame presser) it's because they already know they're gone.

As an Avs fan, yes please get DeBoer out of Dallas (and out of the west preferably).

 

[SirPaste]

He should be out regardless of his comments, he stinks. Great regular season coach but year after year he can't get a team over the hump in the playoffs. Same old story and judging by his comments he hasn't learned anything after all these years of losing the big one.