I think TM knew heads had to roll after that crappy season... especially with how poorly the special teams played which is considered to be the domain of the assistant coaches.
They couldn't just roll into next season with the same staff in all positions and "hope for the best"... fans/media and anyone else with a brain would see that as idiocy to expect much different results with the same coaches personnel in place again... even though a rebound from those atrocious levels likely takes place regardless.
If Maclellan stood his ground and refused to have any assistants turfed.. my guess is he'd be out the door as well.
Yep I agree...we all knew changes were coming. Maybe Todd figured he was going to be gone as well. But again referring to Bob's comments, only make change if there's a change for the better. They don't see an upgrade currently available and the one they did see is staying in the Windy City.
Todd has no room for error this season.
With the season that just transpired and worst possible PP with McD and Drai on it there was simply no choice. Given how long it took to confirm even McLellan still had a job its likely that it was staged as no choice.
As in "these are our terms, do you want to stay coaching the Oilers Todd or not" I think anything but an inconceivably bad PP and Woodcroft would still be here. This was not a typical situation. McLellan had a Sophies choice to make. But he probably said "but can dear woody please coach in Bakersfield then"
This is the kind of Oilers org jam that you almost expect it would cook up. Soft landings for all, nary ever a bruised ego in sight.
Not having a contract renewed certainly looks better on a resume than "fired" lol. With Sherrif Woody now in Bako...who knows, maybe having him run his own bench and being the guy to make the decisions will help the prospects and Condors along. The optics certainly don't look good with Sherrif Woody's new role being labelled a "promotion". I think its a demotion as much as it is appears to be a promotion. Either way, I'll give him a chance. He can't be worse than Fleming, can he?