Edmonton is No Good VI: Chia•den•freu•de

[cral12]

Mark Spector is to sports journalism as Chiarelli is to GMing...

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I think the Oilers really need to be creative here to right the ship, do something unconventional...

They should really hire Mark Spector as GM.

That'll make up for the Chia firing, right... : )

[cral12]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1088123027739439104

https://twitter.com/user/status/1088113497441894400

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

Propaganda Minister Bob Stauffer: "I one-hundred percent support the direction the Organization has taken today."

LOL>...like....what direction is that?

IMO its just a whole lot of the same happening, but they sacrificed an outsider to calm the sheeple.

Its amazing stuff actually.

[Puppet Guy]

Originally Posted by transplant99

LOL>...like....what direction is that?

IMO its just a whole lot of the same happening, but they sacrificed an outsider to calm the sheeple.

Its amazing stuff actually.

[Alpheus]

Originally Posted by troutman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonton_Oilers


The Edmonton Oilers are a "professional" ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta.

I like it better now.

[Firebot]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

And this in itself is a huge part of the problem.

The Flames leadership was cultivated from within over the last decade. Giordano, Backlund, and Brodie were developed by the team, and they drew their cues from the former regime of Iginla and Regehr, who were also developed by the Flames. You cannot just insert a leader and expect to see change. Change needs to come from McDavid, Draisaitl, and Klefbom, but these guys are all super young and have no one competent to show them the way.

The Oilers are entitled and arrogant. It's who they are, and it's why the team is impossible to fix.

It's the culture. There is no accountability

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/and...155913084.html

“You had a group of players that talked about how they wanted to make the playoffs, and talked about how sick they were of losing, and then by Game No. 3 after losing 6-1, they’re straight out to the bar to three in the morning, lighting up the night life scene in Edmonton,” Ference said.

“Like, come on, give me a break. It was to the point where it was ridiculous where the lifestyle was way more important than actually playing the game and making the playoffs.”

He later added: “You could have had any kind of defence or any kind of system, if you go on a Western swing and your guys are out every single night until 5 a.m., you’re not going to win too many games.”

“You’re going at each other, like game intensity — and that is how you get better. That is how you be a playoff contender. That is how you be a champion. And you try to instil some of those values. We had some other guys who had been on the playoff teams and they had the same frustration. They’d come and practice hard and there was a group of guys there that had like, it was too cool to try hard.

“Derogatory terms for trying too hard in practice. That’s the culture, right. So how do you break that?

“You come in as an older guy but far from being one of the better players on the team. So you can be a leader with experience but I’m not a game changer. I’m like a No. four or five defenceman. So your voice only goes so far with people that only respect how good your toe drag is and whether or not you’re out partying. So your voice doesn’t carry much weight with people that don’t put value on those aspects that I was bringing from Boston.”

It's also pretty clear by now that McDavid is too timid and has no one for him to look up to for leadership, yet is in charge of leading this sad sack of Oilers water soaked garbage. The Flames had Iginla leading Giordano and in turn had guys like Backlund. Crosby was living with Mario Lemieux, and was the opposite of a party animal. Crosby had Lemieux, Recchi and Leclair to look up to for leadership and learn.

Ovechkin did not have any leadership available at first, until the Capitals brought in Sergei Fedorov and Kozlov to help him adapt and learn the ropes. It was a long journey for Ovechkin. Marchand and Bergeron had Chara and Recchi.

Where is McDavid's Lemieux, Leclair, Recchi or Federov? They only had Ference, and no one would listen to him as he was not elite. The Oilers forced Ference out of the league, the oldest player was Matt Hendricks in 2016-17, how is McDavid learning leadership from a part time 4th liner?

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/l...000412017.html

[Robbob]

The saddest that comes out of all this, is that I just recently followed the FakeChia twitter account.

[Textcritic]

Baghdad Bob is desperate to quell any suspicions about the influence of the OBC. He is leading Craig Simpson with questions about how he was actually passed over for a head-coaching job in Edmonton because of the perception that hew was part of the OBC.

[Eubee]

"With so much drama in the O-B-C, its kinda hard bein KLown and Mac-single-T."

Grammy worthy.

[Reggie Dunlop]

*Takes a half a day away from online and get swept by the tsunami of No Goodness.

[Arsenal14]

Originally Posted by Robbob

The saddest that comes out of all this, is that I just recently followed the FakeChia twitter account.

Note that it's @FakeOilersGM - once they get a new GM it will rebrand and continue. Didn't start with Chiarelli but I can't remember which former GM it did start with.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by Firebot

Where is McDavid's Lemieux, Leclair, Recchi or Federov?

Hello, he has the Oilers' OBC. They know a thing or two about winning!

[Beninho]

it’s almost like these no good threads have predicted all of this two years ago after their fluke run to the second round. The writing has always been on the wall, E=NG!

[TheIronMaiden]

Originally Posted by Firebot

It's the culture. There is no accountability

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/and...155913084.html







It's also pretty clear by now that McDavid is too timid and has no one for him to look up to for leadership, yet is in charge of leading this sad sack of Oilers water soaked garbage. The Flames had Iginla leading Giordano and in turn had guys like Backlund. Crosby was living with Mario Lemieux, and was the opposite of a party animal. Crosby had Lemieux, Recchi and Leclair to look up to for leadership and learn.

Ovechkin did not have any leadership available at first, until the Capitals brought in Sergei Fedorov and Kozlov to help him adapt and learn the ropes. It was a long journey for Ovechkin. Marchand and Bergeron had Chara and Recchi.

Where is McDavid's Lemieux, Leclair, Recchi or Federov? They only had Ference, and no one would listen to him as he was not elite. The Oilers forced Ference out of the league, the oldest player was Matt Hendricks in 2016-17, how is McDavid learning leadership from a part time 4th liner?

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/l...000412017.html

I can imagine that Lucic was supposed to be that guy when he was brought in.

[calf]

Originally Posted by Eubee

"With so much drama in the O-B-C, its kinda hard bein KLown and Mac-single-T."

You down with OBC?
Yeah you know me
You down with OBC?
Yeah you know me

[4X4]

Originally Posted by Eubee

"With so much drama in the O-B-C, its kinda hard bein KLown and Mac-single-T."

But they, some how some way, keep coming up with funky ass s### like every single day?

[Flashpoint]

Correct me if I'm wrong.

Flames win 4-2 vs Oilers on Nov 17th and they fire the coach Nov 20th.

Flames win 5-2 vs Oilers on Jan 19th and they fire the GM Jan 22nd.

Who's getting canned April 9th after the 6-2 loss? Katz?

[Textcritic]

Propaganda Minister Bob Stauffer now has Brian Lawton on to convince the masses that McDavid, Draisaitl, and Nugent Hopkins on the roster makes the open Oilers GM position highly coveted.

Lawton: "There is no reason why [the Oilers] can't be the next Tampa Bay Lightining."

[VladtheImpaler]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

Propaganda Minister Bob Stauffer now has Brian Lawton on to convince the masses that McDavid, Draisaitl, and Nugent Hopkins on the roster makes the open Oilers GM position highly coveted.

Lawton: "There is no reason why [the Oilers] can't be the next Tampa Bay Lightining."

He didn't say what year though, did he? I think they are well on the way to reaching the TBL 1993-94 heights...

[Looch City]

I'm so giddy, I ####ing love this. All of media is roasting them.

So ####ing no good.