Confirmed with Link: Mike Babcock Hired as Oilers Head Coach | Presser

[McTonyBrar]

Not sure if a slimier, more disgusting GM/Head Coach combo has ever existed, and that is saying a mouthful for the NHL.

Actually there is no one more slimier than Kelly McDonalds.

 

[McTonyBrar]

I think I heard a different presser than everyone else. I liked what Babcock said and look forward to what he can bring.

If anyone but Babcock had said that, then everyone would've loved it

 

[McShogun99]

#BabCity

It's #Cockcity as per request from Katz

 

[Arpeggio]

Henrique's PK numbers didn't regress. They also added Dickinson for when he missed most of his time.

They had last year's #1 PKer(RNH), this year's #1 PKer(Savoie), they had Podz for 82 games, they had a mixture of Kapanen/Janmark/Samanski/Philp.

They never had to play McDrai on the PK. It was a choice. It was a coach doubling down even further on running them into the ground.

I mean for the most part Draisaitl didn't really pk, looks like he averaged 20 seconds a game. I agree that they shouldn't have been pking at all and I don't totally understand where that decision came from, however if I'm not mistaken there was a fairly significant portion of the year where maybe one of Janmark, Kapanen, Samanski and Philp were even on the team.

 

[ConnorNova0929]

Oilers at Even strength with neither of 29 and/or 97 on the ice:

23-24: 0
24-25: -22
25-26: -36

I just don't understand how people can look at this and conclude that the problem was the coach putting McDavid on the penalty kill.

It's remarkable that even when shown the evidence people will still blame coaching.

It's the players! Bowman/Jackson have destroyed the depth of the roster.

 

[MessierII]

Not sure what the point of this post is other than maybe that the Oilers lost to the Ducks because their stars were not playing at 100% capacity.

Which is true but the bottom 6 slightly outscoring a pretty terrible Anaheim team in a 6 game sample doesn't mean anything.

Neither does the season sample size where only 3 forwards played every game and only 5 even played 70.

 

[guymez]

Good interview

Wait - I thought that he called his wife and she told him to leave?

 

[KCC]

Wait - I thought that he called his wife and she told him to leave?

My understanding is that he talked to his wife after about the situation and they decided he should leave.

 

[guymez]

It’s funny how people can take away different things from the same conference. I thought he completely skirted around every remotely tough question.

Came across as a full blown narcissist who refuses to show even a modicum of responsibility or recognition of things he might have done wrong in the past.

But I’m a certified hater, so take everything I say with a grain of salt.

I got exactly the same impression. Deflected and or skirted around every single issue. In other interviews he clearly forgot his original answers and gave different answers.

The man clearly doesnt know the first thing about taking accountability.
Its an overused word these days but not being accountable is a defining trait of a narcissist. There are other examples of past behavior which support support him being a narcissist as well.

All that being said I am in the same camp you are.
Cant stand the person (I see right through this phony) even though he might actually be a good technical coach.