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 K.McC#24
Messages: 2834
Registered: March 2004
Location: ALBERTA
2 Cups
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| Skookum Jim wrote on Tue, 14 December 2021 17:20 |
| K.McC#24 wrote on Tue, 14 December 2021 16:01 |
Yeah, not sure it's changing the coach that will get the team into the 2-3 round of the playoffs. We don't know yet if the roster will do it. The coach has to have the right plan, the players have to buy in to the plan and play it nearly religiously. We've seen rosters with less talent do well and even win Cups, we certainly see teams with less talent play systemic hockey with individuals knowing roles and defeating the Oilers.
Then there's the risk of the coaching change backfiring. The Canucks in the short term are responding to Filthy Bruce, would the Oilers have done the same? Hard to tell. There's more moving parts to the Oilers than a coaching change might solve, but as the adage goes, it's easier to change the coach than 3-5 players. If you keep losing and the coach doesn't have any solutions that work, I guess the players give up on him.
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Agree, we've had two coaches fired in Eakins and McLennan that are currently doing well with other franchises, with different teams. This roster still has big big holes even when 100% healthy.
Tonight will be unpleasant.
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I'd like to see what 100% buy in to a good system looks like with the Oilers. Without consistent 100% buy in, it's hard to know if the system is good. More now than ever, I think an NHL head coach has to be a like a very technically oriented sales rep with the awesome ability to communicate features and benefits. It helps if you can point to success stories, but sometimes the players have to have some faith and create a success story.
Tonight is on the players, in my mind. If they're tired of losing they'll find a win.
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