It’s That Time Again

[I am the Liquor]

Well I think it’s that time again. Whatever secret sauce Kris Knoblauch had last year has run out and he has no answer. Special teams are at or near the bottom of the league as is goal scoring, goaltending and defence are not good enough. What say you?

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[KeithIsActuallyBad]

For Christ's sake, not again.

If you're going to fire someone there's a name that should be ahead of everyone else's.

 

[timekeep]

He is Mr McDavid's pick, he ain't going anywhere.

For Christ's sake, not again.

If you're going to fire someone there's a name that should be ahead of everyone else's.

Who?

 

[Soundwave]

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

No.

He is Mr McDavid's pick, he ain't going anywhere.


Who?

The goaltending coach that's been with the organization for 10 years.

 

[Soundwave]

Yearly Calendar

Halloween - Oct. 31st
Oilers Considering Coaching Change - Can Fall Between November and December
US Thanksgiving - Third Week of November
Christmas - Dec. 25th

 

[timekeep]

The goaltending coach that's been with the organization for 10 years.

How did I forget??

 

[Soundwave]

It's Oilers Coaching Firing Season once again, season's greetings everyone! It's the Festivus for the Rest-of-us.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

No Knoblauch is fine, the team still plays a better brand of hockey and doesn't look useless and helpless like last year under Woodcroft, and Tippett as just well past his best before.


They need to get back to the things they did last year, and I suspect they will, but frustration and anger is warranted.

 

[VeteranPresence]

Schwartz should be gone, if for no other reason than it might give this group a kick in the ass that no one is truly safe. RNH needs to be moved down to 4C, still zero personal accountability there based on his play and post-game comments last night. Ryan is done as a regular NHL player and Knob needs to make the right and not emotional decision there by pushing him to 13th F.

Otherwise the team needs a third goalie so Skinner can be banished to the press box until he fixes his head, and a true top four D to push one of Dermott/Stecher out of there. Bowman standing pat is indefensible, if he continues doing his best Bobby Nicks "forensic analysis" impression and the team is out of the playoffs by Thanksgiving, he should be fired and that will his end NHL career for good.

 

[Drivesaitl]

This is a thread.

 

[K1984]

I'd sooner trade the core and start over with a fresh room and new culture than fire the coach at this point.

Absolutely foolish to think that coach #6 in the McDavid/Draisaitl era would make a lick of difference.

 

[Reasonable Oil Fan]

He is Mr McDavid's pick, he ain't going anywhere.


Who?

Quenneville, Peters, Babcock, Keenan, Woodcroft, McLellan, Eakins

 

[Soundwave]

I'd sooner trade the core and start over with a fresh room and new culture than fire the coach at this point.

Absolutely foolish to think that coach #6 in the McDavid/Draisaitl era would make a lick of difference.

Well the last two "fire coach, jump start the team" did work. It's embarrassing to keep doing it, but it does work with this group.

Quennville probably would work.

I'm not saying they should do it, but I'm just saying he probably would give this team a swift kick in the ass and get them going.

 

[russ99]

I’d have a lot more hope in Knoblauch turning things around if he actually made system changes to give our guys a chance to break out of the funk, rather than run the same offense and PP that everyone knows how to beat from video scouting. Not to mention that there seems to be no accountability and it’s just “we’ll clean it up next game”.

How many coaches has it been now? The player group has the biggest responsibility to wake up, play hard and compete rather than sloppily going through the motions because their favorite way to play doesn’t work anymore.

But how do you get there? The core all have NMCs, replacing the coach seems the only real lever, and frankly I’m tired of players coaches, maybe try a hard ass…

 

[Messrules11]

I don’t want a coach that puts no value on hitting and intimidation, like has any NHL coach ever stated this and kept his job? My guess is a big fat NOPE.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Maybe an assistant coach change but first I'd like to see more speed and physicality added to the lineup.

 

[DavidHasselhoffsFist]

NO

Sitting 1 point out of a wild card spot and before anyone says it, yes I know what the expectations were but I will just say 1 point out of a playoff spot with 68 games to go.

 

[tardigrade81]

No

It shouldn't take a new coach every year to light a fire under these guys. We were 6-3-1 coming into last night. We weren't playing bad. I still think we get hot and turn it around at some point. We might not win the division but probably second or third or wild card. I don't think changing a coach will do any good, especially when the one we have took us to the Stanley cup final a year ago.

 

[Soundwave]

No

It shouldn't take a new coach every year to light a fire under these guys. We were 6-3-1 coming into last night. We weren't playing bad. I still think we get hot and turn it around at some point. We might not win the division but probably second or third or wild card. I don't think changing a coach will do any good, especially when the one we have took us to the Stanley cup final a year ago.

Every young Oilers head coach who gets a taste of success in the playoffs and then figures he can "take it easy on the boys in preseason". Team then proceeds to play pre-season hockey for the next 8 weeks.

Knob fell into the same trap as Woodcroft, hook, line, and sinker.