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Originally Posted by PegCityFlamesFan
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Craig McTavish 301-252-47-56 - was to be let go as his option wasn’t renewed before end of 2006 regular season, went on Cup run, Lowe had to renew him. Turned into Lowe’s public face to take abuse after he finally did get let go.
Pat Quinn 27-47-8 - Hired along with Renney, where plan was them both coach and after 3 years or so, Renney take over. Lowe must have had other incentives to for Quinn and Renney to think this was going to work. Quinn lasted only one year.
Tom Renney 57-85-22 - See above. Lasted 2 more years. Here’s what he said a few years after. "I’ve already lost a job because of my values. In Edmonton, I was asked to play young players more who had recently undergone operations. I reduced their ice time ", he says. "But they had to play because they were very good and we were selling hope. But I acted according to my conscience."
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Ralph Krueger 19-22-7 - Renney assistant, fired while worked for the Oilers scouting in the offseason in Europe via Skype because Lowe woke up one morning and heard the eastern press raving about Dallas Eakins and how he was an outside the box thinker and the Canucks were going to hire him as an associate.
Dallas Eakins 36-63-14 - came from the AHL, wasnt ready for the NHL as a head coach, got hired by Lowe as an NHL head coach. Water sprayed on him, swarm defense, odd practices...just out of his element , but hired because Lowe wants to upstage someone else and show the league and press how innovative and aggressive he was as a leader, trying so hard to be the next Glen Sather, it hurts, even to this day.
Todd Nelson 17-25-9 - Famous for Lowe making McTavish hang out on the bench with Nelson for 10 games like some newly minted intern ESL teacher in Korea. Embarrassing and emasculating for both as professionals and as men.
Todd McLellan 78-69-17 - Like so many players wooed by over the years (Pronger, Cole, Souray, Perron etc) by Lowe, who got sold and lied to about the situation, McLellan likely figured that with Lowe back in the shadows with Chia and Nicholson, the Oilers couldn’t be same as they were under Lowe. But as soon as he hit the ice and saw how mentslly fragile the once strong junior and NHL careers these players were and once had, it was clear that the effects reached far and wide. He got the most out of thr group, but as soon as the goodwil from a playoff run wore off, Lowe got back into the owners ear and picked up where he left off, meddling with layers, trying to tell coaches and hockey staff what to do. Hiring guys like Coffey to be coaches, with no coaching experience. I’m sure McLellan thought he was gone in the offseason last year. It took Lowe and one of his good ideas and the right guy available to make the change. Getting embarrassed by the Flames, an organization he hates more then most, then Vegas, and having national press opine on McDavid being wasted, he starts part one of the plan as soon as he can find Nicholson. Chia is gone when they don’t make the playoffs, soon after the trade deadline, and the flavour of the day who can get hoodwinked by Lowe and carry out his orders going forward, will be the new GM for the lottery pick.
Good times.