Do you support a coaching change?
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Quenneville would be ideal for no other reason than the first question he asks when approached for a job is "who's my goalie?"
Might cause reality to hit those in management that appear to not see the obvious.
Might cause reality to hit those in management that appear to not see the obvious.
Drivesaitl
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No. KK and Coffey are decent coaches. No coaching staff are going to please everybody and tick all the boxes. Few really do.
What I feature or fear most in change here though is the probability of the org getting it wrong. Of firing a coaching staff that are workable, and replacing with coaching staff that are horrible. Every Oilers fan should know what I mean.
What I feature or fear most in change here though is the probability of the org getting it wrong. Of firing a coaching staff that are workable, and replacing with coaching staff that are horrible. Every Oilers fan should know what I mean.
Drivesaitl
Time to Drive
Not completely meaningless. We still need 3pts or Flames losing 3pts to clinch or any combination of.
Really for most people here its probably disappointing that a dozen clubs have clinched a playoff spot and with only 5 games left we're not one of them. Plus without Drai coming back and putting on Supermans cape in the Game against Calgary there could be as little as 2pts separating us from disaster.
Sure we make playoffs. But with the team not rolling at all.
M Ace
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Quite a few fully healthy team lost to the ducks this year. They are getting better.
Absolutely! Can you imagine if we were lucky enough to have landed Staios as GM instead, with Ullmark behind this team! would be like day and night
MessierII
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I mean it’s not like we have a history of great starts when we do go in healthy and rolling. This team has an abysmal history with game 1’s. 2-10 in McDrai’s careers. Maybe limping in they’ll actually start on time for once. Wouldn’t that be nice?
Messrules11
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I’m not a fan of Knobs by any means but the minute the trade deadline passed and we didn’t get a goalie that’s all she wrote. No Cup this year and it’s all on Bowman, fire that dope to the sun.
Mr Positive
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That's just it. I don't see what the coaching missteps are. People mention the Jeff Skinner thing, but every coach has their odd decision like that and it's probably for a good reason. Every issue we have is connected to personnel, and that's not on Knoblauch
Regardless of those things, he coaches the right style to win a cup with: a dedicated zone defense. He succeeded with it where Woody failed, and I don't trust that any replacement we'd get would be any better.
Also it's just total madness to consider a coaching change now and the optics of that are terrible. There just isn't a reason to do so. We have lost a few games but it's obviously because of injury, and we haven't even lost all these games. We even beat Vegas in this span.
McDrai
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I don’t think we should turf him at this point in time but I’m beginning to wonder if he’s too soft spoken in the room. This team seems to have an issue with being ready for the start of the season as well as playoff series. It’s as if it takes them awhile to adjust to the intensity of the other team.
bellagiobob
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Knobs has had his issues this year, but I don’t get this narrative that he’s some anti physical hockey bookworm. The guy had nearly 200 PIM one year in junior, so definitely not a wallflower. Last year the Oilers held their own in the physicality department, were even the more physical team in many games of the playoffs. The main change this year has been the personnel, especially the loss of Kane, and also Holloway. Don’t have any alpha aggressive players leading the way out there. I don’t buy that Knobs suddenly asked all of his players not to be physical, just that most of them naturally play that way without someone to drag them into the fight, like a Kane. I expect that will change in the playoffs.
This team has had the same issue through 5 coaches. It’s who they are, a drill Sargent isn’t going to make a difference.
One thing I noticed about the one Frederic game is the fact that he cost us a goal chasing a needless hit at the blue line. Teams exploit even the most innocent deviation from checks or position.
Physicality is important and important for this team, but there is a legitimate reason that most teams don’t prioritize it or obsess over it. It honestly doesn’t matter most of the time through 82 games. Playoffs? 100% A Monday in February? No.
Bryanbryoil
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Bowman for not pulling the trigger and Schwartz for backing Stu like he's prime f***ing Hasek.
The race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong. Time and chance happeneth to them all.
Niten Ichi Ryu
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He'll get scooped up so fast, then it'll be Jim Montgomery or Bruce Cassidy 2.0, and watch him have enormous success shortly after termination.
He's the best coach we've had since McLellan, and he is beloved by his players. He's unique, not your typical rah rah flex my muscles type coach, he's even keeled, process oriented, and produced a team/structure capable of winning a championship. Yes, i am also befuddled at the J.Skinner issue, but that's not nearly enough to start lighting the torches. We don't know anything going on in that locker room, and our hockey IQ is a fraction of a hockey guru and master teacher like Knoblauch. Let's trust his judgment
We made it to game 7 of the SCF just last season. We're top 3 in the division again despite a long list of injuries and horrendous goaltending. We were #1 in offensive zone possession time, shot differential and overall puck possession per 60, for almost 2 months. He's a genius imo, and i am so shocked there are some talking about actually terminating him..
But this poll restored faith in our fanbase
He's the best coach we've had since McLellan, and he is beloved by his players. He's unique, not your typical rah rah flex my muscles type coach, he's even keeled, process oriented, and produced a team/structure capable of winning a championship. Yes, i am also befuddled at the J.Skinner issue, but that's not nearly enough to start lighting the torches. We don't know anything going on in that locker room, and our hockey IQ is a fraction of a hockey guru and master teacher like Knoblauch. Let's trust his judgment
We made it to game 7 of the SCF just last season. We're top 3 in the division again despite a long list of injuries and horrendous goaltending. We were #1 in offensive zone possession time, shot differential and overall puck possession per 60, for almost 2 months. He's a genius imo, and i am so shocked there are some talking about actually terminating him..
But this poll restored faith in our fanbase
Jumptheshark
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I don't like knoblach myself but I don't think the coaching carousel is doing any one favors. Imo the biggest fking hole that had cost the lady 3 coaches there jobs on fking goaltending and it's not even close. The only coach that needs to fking go is Schwartz. How he hasn't even stepped away or resigned after the last year or so of criticism speaks volumes on him as a person as well....
Lol you sure about this??? Didn't we think the exact same about woodcroft and he is still unemployed. i personally think woodcroft is actually the better coach myself. Think woodcroft inexperience and stubbornness cost him.....
WhiskeyEE
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I thought Blackwood's performance in Colorado would shed some light on what's possible with a new goalie and yeah we seem to have a slightly less bad Georgiev situation.
Makes it worse that a lot of users on here were wanting the Oilers to pick up Blackwood since the beginning of the season.
Imagine if the Oilers kept at least Holloway and resigned Foegele (instead of Skinner/Arv) and traded for Blackwood.
Someone's gotta take the fall for years of having a horrifyingly bad front office...
FlameChampion
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I like the job KK and PC have generally done with the defense.
I don’t like the job hes done with the offense but I do think theres more going on than just coaching.
We will see what happens in the playoffs but I’m unfortunately expecting a short one that ends in the first and second round.
I think over the summer, management and coaching need to figure out:
- Goaltending. They need a new plan. Schwartz and Skinner aren’t the answer
- Team in general has to figure out the slow start and the roller coaster types of stretchs they always find themselves in
- They need to get more guys involved within the team. Feels like everyone just waits for the stars to do everything. Could be a management, coaching or leadership issue.
- I think they just have too many vanilla players and I think KK is also too reliant on them.
- This organization just continues to have no plan for young players or have any patience with them. Once again I don’t know if it’s management, coaching or leadership issue. I don’t really understand what some of current players can do that Philp or Savoie couldn’t.
- Team in general needs more speed, size and finishing ability. Like I said above too many vanilla players taking up space.
I don’t like the job hes done with the offense but I do think theres more going on than just coaching.
We will see what happens in the playoffs but I’m unfortunately expecting a short one that ends in the first and second round.
I think over the summer, management and coaching need to figure out:
- Goaltending. They need a new plan. Schwartz and Skinner aren’t the answer
- Team in general has to figure out the slow start and the roller coaster types of stretchs they always find themselves in
- They need to get more guys involved within the team. Feels like everyone just waits for the stars to do everything. Could be a management, coaching or leadership issue.
- I think they just have too many vanilla players and I think KK is also too reliant on them.
- This organization just continues to have no plan for young players or have any patience with them. Once again I don’t know if it’s management, coaching or leadership issue. I don’t really understand what some of current players can do that Philp or Savoie couldn’t.
- Team in general needs more speed, size and finishing ability. Like I said above too many vanilla players taking up space.
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