Fire Luke Richardson

[Bubba88]

It has more to do with the lack of experience from our Dmen, and definitely to do with talent. When to pinch, when not to, where to pass the puck, etc. Not saying the structure isn't lacking, but the combination of both is a bad recipe.

Pretty much this.

Kaiser
Philips
Korchinski
Vlasic

that's 4 guys 22 or younger that play regular. It's lack of experience more than not.

 

[Pez68]

Pretty much this.

Kaiser
Philips
Korchinski
Vlasic

that's 4 guys 22 or younger that play regular. It's lack of experience more than not.

Two of those guys aren't even on the team right now. They're in Rockford.

Tinordi, Murphy, Jones, Zaitsev, Korchinski, Vlasic.

That's the current 6D. And the best defenseman is 22.

 

[x Tame Impala]

Zaitsev and Tinordi are 6/7 guys, Murphy in my humble opinion has had a few stretches as a worthy #4 but he’s a bottom pairing talent more likely than not on a playoff team. Jones is what he is. That’s our vet leadership on D + 2 rookies.

 

[thedarkstark]

Zaitsev and Tinordi are 6/7 guys, Murphy in my humble opinion has had a few stretches as a worthy #4 but he’s a bottom pairing talent more likely than not on a playoff team. Jones is what he is. That’s our vet leadership on D + 2 rookies.

They're not even 6/7 guys. They probably don't play on any other team in the league. They're often a healthy scratch on possibly the worst team in the league.

We're ass from top to bottom. You can blame coaching for some of the issues but we are severely lacking in both talent and experience.

 

[Hawkaholic]

Two of those guys aren't even on the team right now. They're in Rockford.

Tinordi, Murphy, Jones, Zaitsev, Korchinski, Vlasic.

That's the current 6D. And the best defenseman is 22.

They've only been in Rockford for like 2 games. Kaiser was up all year and it was Jones, Murphy, Vlasic, Korchinski, Kaiser, and Tinordi/Philips most of the year.

Tells you all you need to know that our best Dman has been a 22 year old rookie.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

At this point there is no positive about his coaching this season

Abysmal decisions from him every game

 

[Hattrick Kane]

At this point there is no positive about his coaching this season

Abysmal decisions from him every game

As the creator of this thread, I will give him props on one thing.

The effort overall by the team has been much better the past few games, and that counts for something. But man does he make some baffling decisions, it’s like he’s scared to adjust on the fly.

 

[Northernhawk]

They only won their 10th game last season in game 39…

10-20-1 after 31 games(7-20-4 last year) Just saying

 

[featherhawk]

Luke is not going to be fired at this point or at any point this year IMO

 

[TLEH]

I’ve heavily disagreed with his usage of Bedard late in games this year. I haven’t been happy with the special teams. I haven’t been happy with how they’ve tried to get Reichel back going but I hold them 50-50 on that one. Reichel was just bad. Don’t agree with Reese’s usage at all.

I think he’s just a placeholder guy at the end of the day. Nothing special.

 

[WarriorofTime]

"abysmal" decisions as though he isn't choosing between a lineup of cap dumps, plugs and AHLers to try and make lineup decisions from, lol

 

[TLEH]

"abysmal" decisions as though he isn't choosing between a lineup of cap dumps, plugs and AHLers to try and make lineup decisions from, lol

Lineups sucks 100% but Guttman went to Rockford and played over Reese. Why because he works harder in practice?

He whined about losing last year and how this year he wanted to see improvement but then he doesn’t play his best lineup or put the guys in the best positions. At this point it’s basically an AHL defense but I’m talking before that.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Lineups sucks 100% but Guttman went to Rockford and played over Reese. Why because he works harder in practice?

He whined about losing last year and how this year he wanted to see improvement but then he doesn’t play his best lineup or put the guys in the best positions. At this point it’s basically an AHL defense but I’m talking before that.

Guttman benefitted from his time in Rockford. He’s only a second year pro. Reese plays a heavy game. Basically the only forward that throws checks. He’s just a plug. It’s not like Guttman is more than that right now either.

 

[TLEH]

Guttman benefitted from his time in Rockford. He’s only a second year pro. Reese plays a heavy game. Basically the only forward that throws checks. He’s just a plug. It’s not like Guttman is more than that right now either.

Guttman was about to sit tonight to work on his defensive game. Guttman provides you more, certainly.

Reese provides you literally nothing. He barely checks.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Guttman was about to sit tonight to work on his defensive game. Guttman provides you more, certainly.

Reese provides you literally nothing. He barely checks.

Neither provide much of anything if we're being honest. Reese hits and PKs. Guttman doesn't do either of that but skates fast. Both are OK with faceoffs. Guttman has some potential which is why playing 1st line center at Rockford was beneficial while he's still waiver-exempt.

 

[dreadpirateroberts]

If Bednar became available, would you guys hire him?

 

[ray c]

The time has come for a new coach.This team needs a system,and Luke just doesn't have one.

 

[Geoist]

Luke's decision to essentially bench the 4th line in the 3rd period, despite them playing well, likely cost the team the game against St Louis. I was mostly neutral about Luke until now. Tonight's game leads me to seriously question his decision-making.

 

[Pez68]

Imagine benching a line for an entire period, in a game you're winning by 3, on the second night of a back to back, when that line was playing well.

This guy has f***ing rocks for brains. I can't wait until this dogshit coaching staff is gone.

 

[ndgt10]

He's pretty awful, can't believe most of you can't see it.

 

[Darkstar]

All I can see is Uncle Gary giving us the 1st overall again and all our haters melting down from the emotional damage. He's easily replaceable if the right culture isn't being built here and our young players aren't being developed properly.

 

[statswatcher]

He's pretty awful, can't believe most of you can't see it.

i can't see it for obvious reasons, but take a second and try to step out of your own perspective. anyone with anything approaching a realistic view on the strength of this roster should have seen the record they have now coming from as far back as the '22 draft. people aren't "seeing" what you are seeing because they already knew what this team was, and file the results the team is getting under "completely unsurprising". it's fairly a straightforward thought process, to the point that i am suspicious of your claim that you "can't believe it". i suspect that you know all of what i'm telling you and how it might reasonably be expected to mitigate popular judgement of lurich's coaching, even if it doesn't mitigate your own judgement.

that's not to say you are necessarily wrong about his quality as a coach. i don't have a strong opinion one way or the other. question needs more data before a good answer can be had. firing him now though seems completely pointless. at the very least, i don't see any plausible and immediate benefit while at the same time i can pretty easily imagine scenarios in which the whole ordeal would be counterproductive.

we are in the era of cope. to cope well is the highest any blackhawks fan can aspire to for the foreseeable future. surely we can find better coping mechanisms than coming to this thread to scream fruitlessly into the void for kyle davidson to PLEASE for GOD'S SAKE, SHUFFLE THE DAMN DECK CHAIRS! WHY CAN'T HE SEE THAT THE SHIP IS SINKING!?

 

[Salvaged Ship]

With the worst roster in the NHL and absolutely zero expectations coning into this season for the team I don’t see what changing the coach mid season does. No coach is going to win with this roster, none. Richardson is a lame duck anyway, he will go as soon as this team turns the corner and it isn’t this year.

And for those who think changing lines around is changing anything its a fantasy. This is a team of 4th liners and babies, no line combos are going to make this team do anything else but lose.

 

[TLEH]

With the worst roster in the NHL and absolutely zero expectations coning into this season for the team I don’t see what changing the coach mid season does. No coach is going to win with this roster, none. Richardson is a lame duck anyway, he will go as soon as this team turns the corner and it isn’t this year.

And for those who think changing lines around is changing anything its a fantasy. This is a team of 4th liners and babies, no line combos are going to make this team do anything else but lose.

Worst roster in the NHL and not winning isn’t exactly what is pushing people over the edge with Luke.

The deployment of the players he does have has been questionable at best. Benching Reichels line on 2nd night of a back to back is dumb as hell, but then doubling down and saying they didn’t play well (10-1 shot attempt advantage) is shocking.

 

[Salvaged Ship]

Worst roster in the NHL and not winning isn’t exactly what is pushing people over the edge with Luke.

The deployment of the players he does have has been questionable at best. Benching Reichels line on 2nd night of a back to back is dumb as hell, but then doubling down and saying they didn’t play well (10-1 shot attempt advantage) is shocking.

I am not endorsing his deployments, in my opinion they suck, but they are a matter of opinion in here. And I doubt it changes much of anything. Hell, Davidson probably loves his coach.