How much rope does DJ Smith have? [UPDATE: None]
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That's a setup Q right? soft, uncoordinated, inconsistent, insufficient attention to detail and defence, leaderless coaching, willing to accept continuous poor play without applying accountability, losers?
Nope.
We need performance, not stability which will sentence us to a continuation of the same type of poor D zone hockey we watched continuously under DJ.
A coaching change is warranted given past history; there is no need to wait as we can hire a coach on a temporary basis for the rest of this season with a mandate to improve the defensive play without the puck in our D zone. Then next summer we can fill the GM and coaching positions.
Can you spill the beans?
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Seems like he will get at least 82. What are we waiting for. We are last place in east in points. Shared for 11th in point %. A loss on monday and we are below .500. Bring in a defensive minded coach for this season and get another in the summer if the new gm wants it!
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It’s been years coming…literally one the longest in the league.
Was he waiting for the team to get good before teaching them basic structure? Basic accountability? I would have assumed that would be THE focus while talent gets accumulated.
It’s all the teachable stuff where they suck.
Jacques Martin for the rest of this season would be a hella defensive shock to the troops. Then bring in someone for next year.
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There is a way around the "we need a GM first" issue. Once you fire DJ you bring in an interim coach for the balance of the season. There are a number of coaches who could fit this bill - Claude Julien would probably take it, for instance. Heck, maybe even Gallant or Patrick Roy might if you compensated them well enough. The new GM can then be part of the process of deciding if you retain the interim guy, or search for a new coach entirely.
If you are one of the three people I named above, you don't have a gig right now, so your ability to dictate terms and conditions is a little weakened. You also have the chance to take over a very skilled lineup and get them playing the right way - it's not like you are being asked to take over in San Jose or Columbus. Turn it around and you are a hero, either earning you an extension offer in Ottawa or the chance to interview elsewhere.
Regardless of who you get or who you pick, it is becoming more apparent each day that DJ won't be back. He is also on an expiring contract. So for the love of God, what are you waiting for? Do the deed, bring in someone new, and see if you can salvage the season before it gets away from you.
If you are one of the three people I named above, you don't have a gig right now, so your ability to dictate terms and conditions is a little weakened. You also have the chance to take over a very skilled lineup and get them playing the right way - it's not like you are being asked to take over in San Jose or Columbus. Turn it around and you are a hero, either earning you an extension offer in Ottawa or the chance to interview elsewhere.
Regardless of who you get or who you pick, it is becoming more apparent each day that DJ won't be back. He is also on an expiring contract. So for the love of God, what are you waiting for? Do the deed, bring in someone new, and see if you can salvage the season before it gets away from you.
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Dorion rode and died with this guy as coach. Although DJ wasn't the reason he got canned at the time it would have been inevitable.
I've always maintained that the moment we signed Giroux was the absolute latest DJ should have been fired.
I don't see any improvements in the teams structural play unfortunately and I don't see them improving moving forward if DJ were to stick it out to the end of the season. It's not a matter of flicking a switch and things fall into place.
Too many excuses and too less accountability. The excuses have trickled down to the players and they are echoing what DJ says at this point.
I've always maintained that the moment we signed Giroux was the absolute latest DJ should have been fired.
I don't see any improvements in the teams structural play unfortunately and I don't see them improving moving forward if DJ were to stick it out to the end of the season. It's not a matter of flicking a switch and things fall into place.
Too many excuses and too less accountability. The excuses have trickled down to the players and they are echoing what DJ says at this point.
I was more referring to the Staois comments.
I won’t argue with any of this, just from what Andlauer and Staios have said they likely won’t rush into things and will look to replace the GM first and let him replace the coach.
I suspect bringing in the GM will take time, perhaps even to the end of the season if their guys of choice aren’t available. I think they will choose locker room stability (their words), while they take their time getting the GM in place, and will let him go through the proper process of getting the coaching staff he wants.
It will be short term stability of organization, and rolling with what we have, in exchange for a new GM and coaching staff brought in in a calculated manner.
Sucks for us as fans perhaps, but it seems like the path that has been telegraphed. I don’t think they look at the new GM having a couple higher picks to start his tenure with as necessarily a bad thing.
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You said turn it around your a hero, could go the other way as well.
Their probably not interested in a partial year, if it goes sideways, could screw them from getting other work.
I’d prefer GM hire his guy.
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Venue adjusted? Hadnt heard that one before. How would that work? But just looking at the order of these teams and i dont know quite what to make of it. Biggest chokers? Teams that look better than they are? What is this list telling me?
I agree the team should not rush getting a GM; however they already have Staios as POHO who could act as interim GM until they hire one next off season, assuming a good one becomes available then. A good c coach could become available then too, so waiting to hire the GM and a new coach full-time is smart. However, we could hire a coach on a temporary basis with a mandate to focus on team defence. and teaching the players how to play stronger defensively.
Reading these posts I'd say many of us agree that the interim coach with a defensive approach is the right move. Maybe SS is trying and there are no takers? I trust SS and MA have a reasonable grip on what is happening. Difficult for fans to be patient, especially since we have seen the same pattern for 6 or so years.
Dj's strength is connecting with players but the technical aspects of the game are the same old same old. Mediocrity goes hand in hand with this approach and the pattern will persist as a result.
Players love him because accountability seems to be limited. They're just rolling along hoping for better results.
If the young guys are indeed maturing in their games; they need direction and accountabilty to allow them to advance to the next leveland reach their true potential.
DJ is a player's coach and seems like a great guy but results haven't followed. Jacques would be a great guy to bring in..... or bring Chris Phillips and the "A train" out of retirement!
Players love him because accountability seems to be limited. They're just rolling along hoping for better results.
If the young guys are indeed maturing in their games; they need direction and accountabilty to allow them to advance to the next leveland reach their true potential.
DJ is a player's coach and seems like a great guy but results haven't followed. Jacques would be a great guy to bring in..... or bring Chris Phillips and the "A train" out of retirement!
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