Waiting until the morning of a game to do the deed rather than firing McLellan right after the Vegas loss so the new coach could get at least one day in for practice or introductions is such an Oilers thing to do.
It suggests that they spent yesterday scrambling to find *someone* to take over. And the fact that it is Hitchcock further suggests that, as already noted, the Hockey Canada association meant Nicholson had to call in a favour.
|