How much rope does DJ Smith have? [UPDATE: None]

[Ice-Tray]

Always late to the party hey
Everybody is in the know except you

Eh, always best to show up late to a party, and if it’s your ‘everybody’ party, I’ll pass… Always.

 

[Alex1234]

Eh, always best to show up late to a party, and if it’s your ‘everybody’ party, I’ll pass… Always.

You wouldn't find the address if it was next door anyway lol

 

[Ice-Tray]

You wouldn't find the address if it was next door anyway lol

lol, yeah thankfully not. Would probably be wondering about the smell though….

 

[Alex1234]

lol, yeah thankfully not. Would probably be wondering about the smell though….

You should start wearing clothes then

 

[Gil Gunderson]

You guys hate stability or something?

 

[Ice-Tray]

You should start wearing clothes then

Clothes are for suckers, enjoy your party.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

I don’t give a shit if it’s a road trip and theres no replacement, send him home tonight. Can’t stand seeing this buffoon on the bench anymore.

 

[KevinRedkey]

All I want for Christmas is DJ Smith fired.

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDoo]

I was discouraged this summer when they announced that DJ would be back.

But I convinced myself AGAIN that if the team underperformed early he’d be fired and replaced with a legit NHL coach and there’d be time to save the season.

When they bring him back next year, I will not make that mistake again.

 

[Puikiou]

Andlauer/Staios sacrificed this season by refusing to fire DJ and co. in early November. Shame on Tkachuk for scorning the fans who called out the players' BS and chanted for the coach to be fired, only to play like an absolute f***boy since.

It's mid-December and for the 7th year in a row, the season is over. Can't even look forward to the draft lottery, since this team will finally start to give a sh*t in garbage time, put up a decent win streak, ruin its draft position and pat itself in the back for the progress ahead of next season. Brutal.

 

[robsenz]

He's done, that's it. Might take a few games, but no way he's here in the New Year. Hire Berube, maybe he can turn us around lol.

 

[DylanSensFan]

He's done, that's it. Might take a few games, but no way he's here in the New Year. Hire Berube, maybe he can turn us around lol.

I wouldn't hire Berube.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Remember when some wanted to give him 20 games before getting fired?

The entire coaching staff should have been fired when they signed Giroux.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

It doesn’t matter if it’s “too late”. It’s not even about playoffs anymore, it’s about not having these guys become the pre-McDavid Oilers and becoming total losers. The longer we wait the more permanent damage is done.

How did we ever trust a guy who’s won nothing in professional hockey to look after our young stars?

 

[pown]

He must have dirt on someone. Theres no other explanation for why hes still a coach.

 

[ChurchOfAlfie]

The day I hear of his firing will legitimately be one of the greatest sporting moments of my life.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

It doesn’t matter if it’s “too late”. It’s not even about playoffs anymore, it’s about not having these guys become the pre-McDavid Oilers and becoming total losers. The longer we wait the more permanent damage is done.

How did we ever trust a guy who’s won nothing in professional hockey to look after our young stars?

All he needed was one guy to trust him. Unfortunately that guy also has never won anything in professional hockey and got fired.

 

[Icelevel]

craziness

 

[h2]

The day I hear of his firing will legitimately be one of the greatest sporting moments of my life.

Same.

It'll actually be a huge milestone where I will remember exactly where I was later in life when recalling the moment DJ is fired.

I understand what our new regime is intending with this new patient approach, but I still think it's absolutely INSANE that DJ is not fired. It's actually hurting their credibility right now with their straight up refusal to take such an obvious and much needed action. This can't be salvaged, and they need to stop trying to make this work.

 

[Neil Patrick Harris]

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

DJ normally would've been fired 2-3 years ago, but he was great fodder to take the heat while Dorion lay back in the buckwheat. And,of course, with new ownership and Dorion getting canned and suddenly getting stuck with this cap hell mess early in the season, there's not a whole lot of room for new ownership to maneuver. Well, there is a lot of room to maneuver, the same way you can step anywhere in an active minefield....but you won't like the results.

I guess the only silver lining this season is maybe getting a decent draft pick.

Unfortunately, it looks like our core might be in their late 20s before they can be properly torn down and rebuilt to be a winning team. There's a hell of a lot of damage that needs to be undone, and slowly built back up to something that has mental toughness and tenacity to win a couple playoff rounds. There won't be a quick turnaround here.

 

[Philadelphia Collins]

Can’t defend a 2+ goal lead, can’t mount any comebacks, pretty unwatchable right now. Cap team that should be fighting for a playoff spot but they’re out of the race by December again.

Maybe they’ll hire somebody to over-see Jacques, since it’s becoming apparent new ownership are set on riding out the season with him lol. Wasting a lot of fan goodwill for no reason

 

[Icelevel]

Looking at the current roster and then our record (or just watching a couple games) you’d have to conclude we have some of the worst coaching in the league.

 

[Sensinitis]

Special teams are complete dog shit, and the PP is the worst and least creative "system" (if you can even call it that) I've ever seen in my years watching/playing hockey.

I've seen better PP systems in teams I've played for in juniors, I'm not even joking. You have so much talent with all the skill players we have and it's going completely down the drain.

The zone entries have been exactly the same for years, aside from some minor tweaks. The amount of times both units fail to gain the zone is way too high.

If the PP actually manages to set up in the O-zone, it is extremely static and predictable. When you watch other top PPs like Toronto, Colorado, Edmonton, New Jersey, Tampa, New York in action, the common theme is player movement and causing deception with players skating around and switching slots with each other. This also confuses the goalie who has to adjust his angles. Aside from the top of the umbrella, if that, no one on our PP skates the puck to change angles and to rotate with other guys.

A player like Stutzle should be roaming all around the O-zone to create opportunities. Left boards, right boards, top of umbrella, bumper, etc and yet he's stuck on the left side because we're forcing the Norris one timer which is more predictable than the sunrise. Batherson, Stutzle and Norris should all be rotating to create one timer opportunities as they all have shots that can beat a goalie clean. Stutzle has gotten maybe 10 total clean shots since the beginning of the season and that's a total waste of his talent. Batherson hasn't had much more. That's simply unforgivable

 

[Tuna99]

Looking at the current roster and then our record (or just watching a couple games) you’d have to conclude we have some of the worst coaching in the league.

DJ is unable to get his top players to buy into winning hockey. They play hard they want it, but they don’t have the structure around them to win.

Also, goaltending sucks