Oilers working to hire Mike Babcock as coach, officially cleared by NHL

[MMC]

 

[DistantThunderRep]

Players don't want to play for him. McDavid and Draisaitl showing they aren't leaders by letting this kind of cancer hit your team. Decades of documented bullying and psychological abuse of players, staff, arena staff from him. NHL did a pathetic job, the PA should file complaints.

 

[oXo Cube]

Maybe the most pivotal Summer in the history of the franchise and they start it off by hiring the most toxic coach possible.

This had better work.

 

[hangman005]

 

[bov]

Say what you want about Babcock but deep down I think everyone knows the Oilers will probably do well under him.

 

[Mrfenn92]

I give him till training camp and then he gets fired again for conduct unbecoming.

 

[barkovcanfinnish]

Edmonton's next gambit will be to tell the league they plan on adding Slava Voynov to their defense

 

[Vegaspunk]

Congratulations to Mike Commodore's wallet

 

[MikeyMike01]

Tip, Wood, Knob, Cock (x2)

are the Oilers doing this on purpose

 

[Beau Knows]

Tough break for Cassidy watching both the Oilers and Leafs hire someone else this week - obviously the Oilers didn't even get the opportunity. I thought he was heading to the payday of a lifetime with both those teams looking for a coach in a slim market.

 

[JoVel]

There isn't a single organization in the league that deserves success less than the Oilers.

 

[Viqsi]

Say what you want about Babcock but deep down I think everyone knows the Oilers will probably do well under him.

I remain deeply skeptical, but at the same time I'm keeping an eye out and seeing how it goes at this point rather than presuming it's going to all end in tears and fireworks.

 

[VanillaCoke]

Obviously another hilariously bad decision, like the many previous, everyone knows this isn't going to work out except the oilers.

 

[Relapsing]

Predictions for who asks out first! Bonus points if the player asks out during the pre-season!

 

[Fish on The Sand]

Players don't want to play for him. McDavid and Draisaitl showing they aren't leaders by letting this kind of cancer hit your team. Decades of documented bullying and psychological abuse of players, staff, arena staff from him. NHL did a pathetic job, the PA should file complaints.

I'm not so sure about that. Even during the Columbus fiasco Jenner and Gaudreau both publicly defended him.

His abrasive style has obviously crossed lines in the past. What he did with Franzen and Marner for example is too much.

However he's definitely got supporters over the years.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

The summer of Stan is finally starting!

 

[landy]

lol love this

 

[Hunter368]

 

[Viqsi]

I'm not so sure about that. Even during the Columbus fiasco Jenner and Gaudreau both publicly defended him.

His abrasive style has obviously crossed lines in the past. What he did with Franzen and Marner for example is too much.

However he's definitely got supporters over the years.

Yeah, that's what worries me. I don't know if he's good at gaslighting or if some folks that need pushing just don't want to be pushed. And until quite recently I was very certain that the former theory was the most plausible. But now what little data we have publicly could potentially go either way, and given how angry I've been with him for f***ing up that second chance here that has me worried I may have partially mistargeted my anger.

So the part of me that wants to Never Be Wrong hopes he crashes and burns as expected. But a much larger part of me wants to see the fairytale redemption story happen. (And the rest of me expects a split difference and to never be certain again, but, hey, that's hardly new territory for me.)

 

[tfwnogf]

Finally a good coach for the Oilers.

 

[IpsoPostFacto]

OMG, it's true. The NHL hates the Oilers. It's the only explanation for this decision.

 

[red devil]

 

[MCR74]

McDavid and Babcock both running the team. What could possibly go wrong?

 

[TrufleShufle]

Say what you want about Babcock, but to me, he seems a bit like a jerk.

 

[Taswell]

As a neutral observer, I can’t say the Oilers don’t keep me entertained