LaLonde Fired. McLellan Hired in DET

[JohanFranzenstein]

Oh that’ll help Detroit so much. Another recycled bum.

Paul Maurice could've resigned from Florida and came to Detroit, and I'm sure mouth breathers like this and the rest of the YDS crowd would say shit like this.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Damn Yzernan has been brutal for awhile now.

 

[John Price]

I thought McLellan was still coaching the Kings lol dang. Guy's been around

 

[Dirty Mind]

One thing about Todd I’ll say is he can help get a struggling franchise to the next level - which is playoffs - but he gets outcoached when he gets there. However at this point I think Wings fans would be happy just making the playoffs.

If the Wings do manage to turn things around it’s unfortunate timing. With the resurgence of the Lions, the Wings in the playoffs will be far from front page news in Detroit.

 

[HuGo Sham]

Yzergrinch

 

[Lt Dan]

There is alot of good and bad with the koala.
I am sure sharks and oilers fans will say similar things.

The biggest thing is the Kings were incredibly streaky. Winning or losing

 

[Cursed Lemon]

lol are you guys gonna do the same thing with coaches that you do with players when it comes to the Wings?

"Oh Todd's a bum"

Please list available hotshot sure-thing coaches that Yzerman could've brought in

 

[JediOrderPizza]

I don't blame Lalonde for that defense, but they have looked tuned out for a while now. The hire makes sense.

 

[RayzorIsDull]

Found the Yzerbot. 24 hrs later is much better.

 

[Pepper]

There would have been much worse choices IMO, hiring McLelland was a solid choice tbh.

 

[Cloned]

Mildly hot take:

This is not a bad move. McLellan knows how to build a team. He got the Oilers into the playoffs and then did the same with LA, both after rebuilds.

His issue is he can’t get teams over the top to take the next step.

But if you’re Detroit you need to make the playoffs first. Worry about the next coach later.

 

[Section 104]

How would people feel if Detroit hired Joel Quenneville instead? Red Wings had to make a change and Koala Bear is a reasonably successful coach

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

We were bad enough that the fan base would've quietly bitched about Q and then shut up when the results came in...

Should've just pulled the trigger.

 

[Beneven Stanciano]

it's too bad all the experts here (who are prob delivering amazon boxes right now) aren't GMs. Probably would be zero losses for every team.

 

[Susannah]

I guess Yzerman could not fire himself.

 

[elmaco]

From bad to worse.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Seems like a coach with a history of getting his team ready and into the playoffs after a rebuild.

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

Merry Christmas

 

[Blitzkrug]

Not a terrible hire imo.

The Wings desperately need some type of team structure. McLellan might be boring as shit tactically, but he's the ideal guy for that type of job imo.

He's not going to be able to fix three of his top 4 defenseman being Justin Holl, Erik Gustafsson and the corpse of Jeff Petry, but he can probably make them look better.

 

[rahad]

wow great timing.... Could have done it one week before christmas lol.

 

[johnjm22]

Mildly hot take:

This is not a bad move. McLellan knows how to build a team. He got the Oilers into the playoffs and then did the same with LA, both after rebuilds.

His issue is he can’t get teams over the top to take the next step.

But if you’re Detroit you need to make the playoffs first. Worry about the next coach later.

I agree, but I think both Edmonton and LA had better players than Detroit.

I look at this Red Wings roster and I don't see much.

 

[Zerotonine]

There would have been much worse choices IMO, hiring McLelland was a solid choice tbh.

Safe choice at best. Solid choice is pushing it

Who know once you Became an nhl coach you found a job for life lolol you just had to move cities every few years

 

[Stringer Bell]

He might not be the best hire if you're going for a cup. But if your big goal is just to get back into the playoffs, you couldn't do much better with what's out there.

 

[LemonSauceD]

Not bad at all.

Tmac’s has brought some very underwhelming rosters to the playoffs.

 

[Kaners PPGs]

3 dud coaches in a row. Well done SY

Gotta trust the Yzerplan! Oh wait......