RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 11 February 2022 15:20

Kr55 wrote on Fri, 11 February 2022 12:51 Finally watched some of the presser. Holland's plan until recently was to sign Tippett to an extension?!? I really thought the only thing keeping Tip here was Holland's not firing a coach part way through a season principle. Nope, Holland was holdin on for dear life like Mact to Eakins. Maybe the order really did come from above. Well I think he like most of us probably had it in his mind that the Oilers would be cruising along doing well and if there were, Tippett would be part of the reason. Did you want the GM going into the year thinking the team will crash and burn and he'd be firing him regardless if you liked Tippett or not before the season started? I am assuming since you come to an Oilers fan site, you actually want them to win don't you?

Would have liked the GM to recognize Tippett had been out of his element 2 playoffs in a row and we have been one of the worst performing 5v5 teams in the league for a while, which is a joke with 2 of the best players in the game who have seen their own metrics decline as well through Tippett's tenure.

Has been super clear how stale Tippett's coaching was getting and how completely out of ideas he was aside from hoping special teams would save the day every night.

How Holland would hoping still any time recently that he could extend Tippett instead of bringing in a new voice is a joke IMO.

"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013

"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015

5 x $5,000,000