Bump, since their isn't a better thread I could see to discuss coaching.
The team needs a shake up. I don't think Frederic and Kane getting inserted is it. I'm not on the "fire Knob" train quite yet, but man, it's really getting to the point where I wonder how much he was carried by otherworldly seasons/playoffs from a select few and not so much his coaching. He is having as bad a season as any player, in my eyes.
Needs to quit stacking McDrai. It deflates the rest of the team and destroys our depth. Few minutes left? Sure. Midway through the 2nd? Hold off and get other guys involved.
He needs to hold guys accountable. Bouchard, Nuge, McDavid, Arvidsson and Ekholm are all guys who had stretches of play that would get Jeff Skinner scratched for life. Understandably, some of them have more leeway than Skinner, but they didn't lose a shift. Wake your "fragile" team up by enforcing a system of accountability for all, so even the Captain knows he needs to wake up soon here if we want any chance in the playoffs. Shit rolls down hill, so start at the top when the team is looking like trash.
I do wonder, if this recent poor play continues; could we hire Quenneville as an Assistant? Gotta think Q would be happy to get in with a contending team after his time off, with his old buddy Bowman. Maybe he accepts the lesser role, seeing that the job is his if Knob fails. Would be a wake up call for all, Knob that he needs to figure this out, and maybe the team responds like they have to coaching changes in the past. Gives us one more champion who has seen it all behind the bench and in the room, and more recently than Coffey, which can't hurt.