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Re: Woodcroft being relieved [message #827059 is a reply to message #827022 ]	Mon, 13 November 2023 07:10

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While I feel bad for Woody because he is a nice guy and did have a good winning percentage, his success was in the past. His team this year is grossly underperforming and lots of the reasons are on him. Things that are the coaches fault:
- The coaches, organization and players all said they need to improve the defense. The team is pretty much the exact same. The coaches changed the system and it's failed miserably, they got worse. So bad, they had to change back. That's on the coach, he made the mistake.
- The coaches job is to put in a defensive system the players can execute. It hasn't happened. The defense has been an issue since he got here and it got worse this year. That's on the coach, he hasn't got the players to figure it out.
- The coaches job is to get all players to buy in and do things that benefit the teams success, not the individual. When players make mistakes, it's his job to identify the mistake and to find a way to get the player to fix it. If the mistakes keep happening, he needs to hold the player accountable to correct the mistakes. There is no accountability on the Oilers from the top players down. The same players keep making the same major mistakes over and over again. That's on the coach.
- There appears to be regression in young players. The Oilers like every team are counting on young players to fill holes and be good but more importantly affordable players in the cap world. McLeod has not improved the areas he needs to improve on. He's regressed this year and has been awful. Bouchard has improved offensively, but defensively he hasn't improved. Holloway hardly played last year minutes wise and so far hasn't taken a step. Players need to improve things on their own in the offseason but the coach is responsible for deploying them and getting the most out of them. Bouchard is the only one that at least offensively, they are getting production but defensively it's still a big struggle and has been since Jay got here.
- The Oilers talent wise on paper should be a very good team. Even with their goaltending, they should be way, way better than they are. The job of the coach is to get the most from his players. It hasn't happened. They are grossly underperforming. That's on the coach.
- Lines are the coaches responsibility. There is very little line continuity. He goes to the McD - Leon combo way too early and way to often. They are a more balanced team when they are split. The lines are always in flux. Even when they are going, the lines would change. It has to be tough to develop chemistry when you have different guys on your lines game by game, even shift by shift.
- Ice time. The bottom 6 has been something people have talked about for years. They need the bottom 6 to contribute, they need them to be engaged, need them to have roles. When Woody came in, guys like Ryan said before they didn't feel part of the team because they barely played. That changed for a bit, now it's back to how it was when Tippett was here. Bottom 6 guys barely play. Rotating guys. McD or Leon gets dropped down with them. I am sure when Woody complained about the bottom 6 not scoring a few weeks ago, a few of them were pissed because they don't get minutes.

All the things I listed above contributed to the Oilers losing this year and are all things that the coach are directly responsible for. So I think there was justification for firing. the organization feels they are still in it, if that's the case they had to do something that could move the needle. I think firing Holland is justified but firing him doesn't move the needle this year and I think based on that presser, Holland does not have control. He's a figure head.
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