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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Well the Oilers have known for weeks that they were letting him go so I'm sure there should have been some opportunity to meet face to face. I really don't have an issue with MacTavish hiring his own guy but the way they went about it was pretty bush league. He should have fired him right after the season rather than carry out interviews for supposedly associate head coaches or whatever they pretended they were doing while Krueger was still head coach in title.
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I actually believe MacT when he said he was looking for an assocaite coach to bridge the gap between Krueger and himself. Should he have figured it out sooner that Krueger was not his guy? Yes he should. That said even if takes longer than it should have for him to think he would rather have Eakins in instead of Krueger then you do it. What would have been the point of going with Krueger from here on out?
It probably did not sink into MacT's head until he interviewed Eakins. Eakins must also give one hell of an interview, to go from associate coach to head coach.
I get that its great to dump on Edmonton for this, but there are a whole slew of posters that would have no problem if Edwards called up Feaster/Hartley tomorrow and told them they were let go, even though months have passed. I am one of those posters.