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Originally Posted by Walter Reed
Krueger was all-world class in this interview, he always came across as a man of genuine integrity.
It sounded like Ralph was in Ontario at the time he was relieved of his duties with the Oilers, I guess that was why Skype was the avenue used for his release.
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In the grand scheme of things a airline ticket to Ontario is cheap. But the bottom line is that instead of dickin around at the end of the season they should have let him go then.
But holding onto a guy while pretty much openly interviewing candidates is pretty classless.
Its pretty much a given that Kevin Lowe is above the law in Edmonton becausee of his name not his competance. Mac-T is probably above the law because Katz probably has an un-healty exotic fixation with former Oilers its seems.
The players are above accountability, you could see where they gave up last year. There's a losing culture and low expectations of the team from management.
Instead of hiring former players over and over again, and bringing back guys that were former employees, a good owner would have gutted that front office from Lowe down for dismal failure since 2006, and bought in a
Paul Maurice type who actually has won at the NHL level and knows how to deal with young NHL players.
Eakin's has no real experience in coaching NHL players at a head coaching level, and this is quite different from coaching young AHL players.