"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

"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

"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

[Updated on: Tue, 23 June 2026 15:41]

"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

mightyreasoner wrote on Tue, 23 June 2026 13:43

Man, anyone looking for a glimmer of hope of Babcock being a changed person, that presser will put a damper on things quickly. Quote: Michael Menzies @Menzies_4 Mike Babcock says he doesn't think he crossed the line in Columbus: "It was very evident before the year started...I hadn't benched anybody, I hadn't talked to anybody, I hadn't sat anybody out, and it was evident that we weren't together as a staff right from the get-go. "My wife gave me a call, and she said it's time to get out of there. I've been retired, I was pretty good at it. I got back to being retired." After a followup question about whether he thinked he crossed the line: “No, to be honest with you, anytime you make anybody feel uncomfortable in your life, you should take a look at yourself and you should say, 'How could I do that better?' "And I think that's what you do, is as a person, is you try to always be better at what you do. The situation in Columbus, they've had a full review, and I'm thankful, NHL and NHLPA, for doing that. It didn't work out for us. We're excited about making it work here." Then this in response to scratching Modano at game 1499: Quote: Mike Babcock was asked by @JasonGregor how he doesn't repeat interactions like he had in the past. Babs says his tone, not necessarily his intentions, has caused problems: “Being hard on people, a lot of times being hard is confused with telling the truth. I think when a kid sits at your kitchen table as one of your children, and they ask you a question, you should tell them. That's called love. "Sometimes the truth is hard for them, no matter what happens when you coach, when you scratch people, when you sit them out, when they're at the end of your career, and you don't play them, it's hard for them, for sure. You try to do that as respectfully as you can. “Why? Because you think you're a good human being, that's the right thing to do. Sometimes it's not perceived that way, but I think the other thing is, and I thought Stan said it, great, anytime you're out of something, you sit back, and you have perspective, you're allowed to grow as a human being, you're out to get better, and I think that's what this league's all about, is getting better. "The other thing I said and reiterated is, my children are at the age in their careers, they got an opinion on it, and they sure got an opinion on their dad and what he says and his tone, and how to be respectful. I actually don't think my intentions are wrong that often. I think sometimes my tone is..." #LetsGoOilers Just completely unacountable and unapologetic. Buckle up.

Seems reasonable to me

I mean nothing ground breaking but who cares. Did you really want him to show up and grovel for the disgusting Edmonton media and beg for forgiveness? If so why?

By the way Murphy and Dickinson both signed in the last few days. They must not have known that big scary Mike Babcock once scratched a washed up Mike Modano for a game!

"Initiative comes to thems that wait"

"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

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