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Originally Posted by dash_pinched
Staples article today:
According to the Reddit translation, which is in line with the other translations, Pakarinen says the following of the Oilers coaching staff: “They don’t say anything or talk to you about why you’re not playing. At least the Oilers never did. That’s what annoyed me the most… Coach never gives you a reason or reasons. You have to figure it out why you’re sitting in the pressbox by yourself. Also in general the coach and GM talked to us very little. It’s almost like they have some top secret information. I think it’s unfathomable… Communication should be more open, like it is in Europe. Here it goes like it should. In the NHL it feels like the coach is one great ego. Of course the coach will talk to the players about random things, but never about anything personal or things related to your own game.”
Pakarinen said he could not comment on whether this was an issue with Puljujarvi.
https://edmontonjournal.com/sports/h...n-from-coaches |
That's funny. Taylor Hall also mentioned something about it during his first year in NJ, and how most of them even sort of avoided the coaches. In NJ, he found that the coaches would be both much more approachable and would seek conversations with individual players.
Heck, Hartley was an over-the-top hard-ass (which was the biggest reason he was let-go), but he would have conversations with players all the time.
How could you not have conversations with your players and let them know what they need to work on? That's like the very basics of coaching, no?