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Kr55 wrote on Fri, 04 October 2019 20:42

Spector interviewed McLellan:

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/qa-mclellan-divorce-oile rs-new-coaching-project-kings/


Some tidbits:

Quote:

SN: Looking back on Edmonton, what would you change that might have turned what ultimately was a failure, into a success?

T.M.: I’ve been asked that question a lot. I enjoyed every day I had in Edmonton — I could have stayed there for a long, long time. But the marriage has to be a two-way street, and obviously my partner (GM Peter Chiarelli) didn’t want to stay married. Every day I was there was good. Except for the last day, just because of the way things shook down. I’ll just leave it at that.

(Chiarelli, already planning to dismiss McLellan and having spoken with successor Ken Hitchcock, had McLellan fly with the team to San Jose for a road trip. There he fired McLellan the next morning, and put him on a plane back to Edmonton. It marked a sour, distrustful ending to the relationship, a story that McLellan does not tell, but one we learned elsewhere.)

We built the team up, and then it crumbled back down a little bit. We all need to take responsibility. And when I say “all,” I mean all — not just the coach or the general manager. I’ve accepted my role in it, and I’ve moved on. I’m happy here in L.A.


lol, Chia. What a douche.


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SN: One last question: What would you say to Oilers fan about the experience you had in their town? Any words for them, as they start down the road on another regime change?

T.M.: I am so thankful I got the opportunity to coach in Canada, but particularly in Edmonton. For me, if I was ever to get adopted by a community, that’s the community I would fit best. Growing up in Saskatoon, there are so many comparisons.

I would just tell the Edmonton fans, just keep being Edmonton fans. Because they are outstanding in their support of that team, and they just need to keep doing what they do.



So Chia fit right in with the alumni way of running things.

McL was nothing more than a scapegoat. Unfortunately in these situations the coach is changed before the GM is.



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