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Originally Posted by GioforPM
So was Hitch's honeymoon pretty much exactly the 10 games that Peter Maher always used to talk about?
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You get a weird sense from Hitchcock that he's positioning himself for the whole
First with him throwing management under the bus in that interview with I think the Journal where he basically said that the depth of this team is poo, the Identity line that he named sucks, and he has to play McDavid so much because no one else can score.
Then his equally bizarre post game interview last night where he said that injuries have completely derailed the Oilers and that they're playing awesome with what they have.
You know, players are pretty saavy, they hear that stuff and it effects them.
The other interesting thing watching sportsnet is that they pointed out that by this time of year the whole shaking out of the standings is getting pretty close to set in stone and you don't see a lot of miraculous charges of non playoff teams jumping into the playoffs.
We all know that good teams will take the next big step and ramp up their game leading to the final sprint and bad teams will fall behind.
Edmonton stands on that cliff edge with one foot in a puddle of industrial sex lube and the other foot on a roller skate and death staring them in the eye. Do they manage to escape and continue to struggle? Do they follow fates evil hand and fall. do they shut their eyes, take their foot on the gas and pray that the Oilers bus drops below 50?
I mean they know that missing the playoffs means a house cleaning, maybe they just . . . you know . . . go with it.