If you're firing one, there's no question in my mind who that should be.
Hint: He's among the hair club for men's most wanted.
Hint: He's among the hair club for men's most wanted.
Of course changing coaches and GMs every time we’ve had a bad season has worked so well for this team in the past decade...
Keeping Dallas Eakins and MacT around for more than 1 season was definitely the right call. You're right, continuity is the most important thing.
GM usually gets to bring in 2 coaches before they're fired I believe.Keeping Dallas Eakins and MacT around for more than 1 season was definitely the right call. You're right, continuity is the most important thing.
GM usually gets to bring in 2 coaches before they're fired I believe.
Keeping Dallas Eakins and MacT around for more than 1 season was definitely the right call. You're right, continuity is the most important thing.
that's what I guessed a little while ago even. I figured Chia and Tmac would basically be safe until midway into next season, just because last season was such a success and we've had some odd issues this season.I'm betting on just assistant coaches.
Of course it was hard on the heels of MacT replacing Tambo and Eakins replacing Krueger.
Oilers were / are the laughing stock for how fast we switched out coaches and GMs after bad seasons.
The term “pulling an Oiler” was just used the other night on NHL Tonight here in the US in reference to a team switching its coaches and GMs like some change their underwear.
No thank you. Keeping Chia for another 3 years means permanent damage which will result in McDavid asking for a tradeGM usually gets to bring in 2 coaches before they're fired I believe.
that's what I guessed a little while ago even. I figured Chia and Tmac would basically be safe until midway into next season, just because last season was such a success and we've had some odd issues this season.
However, with this recent speculation, and that Nicholson interview, and the general feeling around the team now, I wonder. It really feels like if they make a change, it won't be minor like that. We tried changing our coaches assistants before with Eakins. It hardly made a difference, and quite frankly it would feel weird to change Tmac's assistants since they have been a tight group for a long, long time.
Both should be gone. I'd be fine with new coaching staff for next season if you're picking one.
We are going no where with these idiots in charge of our powerplay, PK and lines. Coaching staff is a quick fix that could help us next season, new GM probably more long term.
Quenneville or Trotz would be nice.
I don't even care if we're being mocked for swapping too much. You know what's even more widely mocked around the league? Chiarelli's constant knack for dumping star players for peanuts.
Continuity is only important if you're continuing something worth keeping. Otherwise it's just a sunk-cost fallacy.
It’s a major contributing factor to being the Cleveland Browns or the Edmonton Oilers of the DoD.
Completely disagree. Consistently hiring managers who can't: make a trade, develop a player, or select a good coach is how you end up on that path. I suspect that if we could trade Katz for a less-meddling owner, our fortunes would turn around in a few seasons as well.
So you want a less meddling owner who apparently had to be talked off the ledge by Nicholson and Gretzky from firing the guys you feel should be fired.
Funny how the Fire Chia crowd is right all the time even when they are wrong.
I could see Chiarelli hiring a GM, staying as POHO cause he doesn't think he can do both and the new GM hires a new coach.
1. Let's see you source that, lol. Haven't heard any such thing.
2. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Chiarelli has made SOME good move, Katz occasionally has good instincts. He just also has way too much attachment to former Oilers instead of being focused on running a professional organization.