The Oilers have fired Dallas Eakins. Craig MacTavish will take over as head coach. He will be the only head coach/GM in the league.
I understand why they let Eakins go, his record was 36-63-14. They gave up too many goals and didn’t score enough, but the Oilers have many other issues.
Craig MacTavish will speak to the media at 11:45. You can listen live on TSN 1260. He will announce that Todd Nelson will be coming up as an assistant coach. Unsure of what that means for current assistants. I don’t see the need to have four assistant coaches.
What are you thoughts on this move?
PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES…
“I had no real good reason to do this, aside from performance” #MacTPresser #BMrecap
— OilersNation (@OilersNation) December 15, 2014
“I’m going to step in and take over the coaching duties” #MacTPresser #BMrecap
— OilersNation (@OilersNation) December 15, 2014
“I’m not going to put a timeline on my contributions to the coaching staff” #MacTPresser #BMrecap
— OilersNation (@OilersNation) December 15, 2014
“Then I will transition (the team) over to Todd as the Interim coach” #MacTPresser #BMrecap
— OilersNation (@OilersNation) December 15, 2014
“Todd will be taking over on an interim head coaching basis from now until the end of the year.” #MacTPresser #BMrecap
— OilersNation (@OilersNation) December 15, 2014
“We understand the concerns… and we want to leave the door open for flexibility” -on Todd Nelson being interim coach #MacTPresser #BMrecap
— OilersNation (@OilersNation) December 15, 2014
“There’s blood all over my hands.” -MacT on whether he gave Eakins a good enough lineup #MacTPresser #BMrecap
— OilersNation (@OilersNation) December 15, 2014
“In my mind (Dallas) did a lot of good things for this group.” #MacTPresser #BMrecap
— OilersNation (@OilersNation) December 15, 2014
“To me, it’s 100% on the players to play the brand of hockey that is necessary to win at this level” #MacTPresser #BMrecap
— OilersNation (@OilersNation) December 15, 2014
“It was a decision solely based on the collective performance of the hockey team” -MacT on why Eakins was fired #MacTPresser #BMrecap
— OilersNation (@OilersNation) December 15, 2014
Buchy is back!
@DarrenDreger
Kelly Buchberger will join OKC coaching staff on an interim basis as Oilers organizational shuffle continues.
3:12 PM – 15 Dec 2014
Well, so much for the kids being well developed on the farm.
Motherf&[email protected]&$. At least hold open call for an interim coach for your AHL affiliate. You bunch of inbred hillbillies. Is Randy Gregg or Petr Klima the new head of scouting, too?
This is obviously a joke…..right ?? There is no way my blood pressure can take this, no way !
I’m not sure “interim” means what you think it means.
I must admit, I thought from everything MacT had said that he was going to stick by Eakins a lot longer, but I guess we’re just witnessing the ongoing education of MacT.
April 2013 – MacT says that coaching changes are part of the problem, so he is going to put an end to the revolving door of coaches
June 2013 – MacT realizes why he got pushed out the door; GMs like to have a coach whom they hired in place
December 2014 – MacT realizes why Quinn got fired; fans and bosses want someone to go down for a really bad season and since you can’t fire 23 players, the choices are basically the GM or the coach
June 2016 (probably) – MacT realizes why Renney got fired, because even teams that are expected to suck have some expectations on them . . .
This is about 108 games too late.
Fans need a new chant while MacT is behind the bench….. two words. FIRE MAC.T
This quote from Puck Daddy (yahoo):
“Since Nov. 9, the Oilers have had more press conferences (two) than wins (one).”
I think those StubHub tickets may be going fast now!
Puck Daddy is awesome.
God, I’ve reached the point where I support and agree with people trashing my team.
I applaude edmonton oiler fans for their patience as I myself grew up there and have always been one. But….. Mac.T has been passively procrastinating with us his whole term. Its time for the fans to demand action from the ownership and try to find staff that are not with the organization for a free ride because they belong to an ol boys club that Pocklington ripped apart years ago. Time to take out the last of our baggage and start from scratch like our rival Flames… who have a better w/l then us.
Eakins is a bad coach. Each and every player on the team is worse than before he arrived or is a disaster in their development. Hall might be the only player who has progressed at a decent pace.
Lowe and MacT are the reason they are a bad team, but Eakins had to go regardless.
As an observer of this train wreck known as the Oilers, there are a number of things that puzzle me (like why Kevin still has a job). However the biggest question that I have at this time is how does Mctavish get to look and sound like the savior when he was the guy who HIRED Eakins (while firing a great teaching coach and communicator) This is what passes for accountability in Oiler land??? REALLY? There is no mystery here about how this organization has become the laughing stock of the league.
The wait is over
Quite often when the Head Coach is “retired”in the season an Assistant takes over for the remainder. It may not be known to the Oiler Management about the existence of Craig Ramsay! He was brought in to improve the experience factor for the coaching staff. Craig Ramsay is still an Assistant. Maybe today,he just did not want to be the Head Coach? Maybe this Craig had seen enough?
Took the idiots long enough but really? this late in the season why not in the first 20 games.