Sooooo:
1. They've had several coaches who had the same message. Ummm - why did you fire a coach only to hire another one with the same message?
2. You were never part of management decisions as a coach. Except you know the details of Horcoff's demands and what was done in response. And, I guess, this means you never bothered to tell management what kind of players would fit in your coaching systems.
3. You won't talk about players. Except Yak. And Hemsky (in order to call him a baby who couldn't take criticism). Note: I didn't like Hemsky as an Oilerbut he had more heart than any of the current crop. He took some crushing hits from Regher and kept on playing.
4. Drafting is hard. No later round players on the team is because of Tambellini and Lowe?). MacT didn't have any 2nd a 3rd rounders because they were traded away. Who did that. BTW, he's against trading picks for players.
5. The core players are developing. The fact they've been in the league for 3-5 years and the team is getting worse every year is meaningless.
6. Eakins was sought after. Nikitin is an NHL Dman. Drasaitl needs to develop (but not go down).
7. No NHL centres? Not his fault. Where is Sam Gagner anyway?
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