I don't think the coaching is bad per say. Just very bad at getting anything out of prospects it seems.Anyone have an educated opinion on the coaching down with our AHL team now? Team seems like a pretty consistent disappointment these days.
I think that would pretty much define bad coaching.I don't think the coaching is bad per say. Just very bad at getting anything out of prospects it seems.
He can coach a team to some success even with a mediocre lineup.I think that would pretty much define bad coaching.
If you can't get some added value and squeeze the most out of your players... that's a coaching failure.
I'm not saying they are failures... just saying that's the definition of bad coaching from my view.
He can coach a team to some success even with a mediocre lineup.
His fault is he likes using the vets to much.
So as a coach he isn't bad. As a development league coach. He is bad.
I really wish we had hired Kris Knoblauch for Bakersfield somehow. I know he is an assistant coach for the Flyers now but damn.That seems like a common thing with some AHL coaches. They are more focused on building their resume than they are on helping the big team out. If that is what's going on here, it's hard to blame anyone for that, they are trying to make a career. Flemming has been in the coaching game for a good 20 years it looks like, can't blame him for wanting to try to climb the ladder. It's up to the oilers org to make the change though if they don't like what they're seeing.
He can coach a team to some success even with a mediocre lineup.
His fault is he likes using the vets to much.
So as a coach he isn't bad. As a development league coach. He is bad.
I'd assume having a massive turnover in talent and only being a few games in is the real issue here.Anyone have an educated opinion on the coaching down with our AHL team now? Team seems like a pretty consistent disappointment these days.
Part of the issue is his language. Not just the simply go stand here by a coach. But how does JP take things when the coach gives him negative feedback. Does JP fully understand why or is down on himself because he doesn't know why the coach is mad.According to what I read Puljujarvi didn't get quite the coaching he'd needed last year. I hope and believe it's better this year. The fans feel strongly (and correctly IMO) that the way the Oilers have developed players is far from perfect, and thus they kind of need Pulju to succeed to save their faces.
What bothers me a bit is that when Pulju was sent down to the AHL both Chiarelli and Fleming said they want to concentrate on the defensive side of the game. At the same time that was one area that was going well in the autumn. If it's true they spent the time concentrating mainly on defensive issues it may be too much expect him to be highly productive (over 1ppg) in the few preseason games.
Part of the issue is his language. Not just the simply go stand here by a coach. But how does JP take things when the coach gives him negative feedback. Does JP fully understand why or is down on himself because he doesn't know why the coach is mad.
As for him working on defense. Strudwick pointed out a lot of simple plays that JP needs to make. It's not really just about playing defense, at times the guy isn't in the right spot or goes to the wrong spot. I think a lot of what JP needs is positioning.
Edit: With that being said the one thing I don't get is why the Oilers aren't looking into bringing a specialist coach for JP. Its safe to say that if JP had a successful career the Oilers would probably invest 40-50mil in this guy? So why not get someone in that can help mentor him along and coach him? I know it's a bit out of the ordinary, but what does it really cost to get JP his own coach to help out? No AHL Head coach is going to have time to sit there and spend one on one time with the guy, so hire a player development guy that can.
Where's the other Jokienen, sign him for the AHL.That is actually a really good point. If you had a really valuable asset that needed to be developed why wouldnt you do everything possible to make this happen? In baseball they have translators for players who are with the player/team all the time to help them adjust. Sure bringing in a guy like Jokenin is great but does it really help if their plan was to have Jussi in the AHL anyways?
Part of the issue is his language. Not just the simply go stand here by a coach. But how does JP take things when the coach gives him negative feedback. Does JP fully understand why or is down on himself because he doesn't know why the coach is mad.
As for him working on defense. Strudwick pointed out a lot of simple plays that JP needs to make. It's not really just about playing defense, at times the guy isn't in the right spot or goes to the wrong spot. I think a lot of what JP needs is positioning.
Edit: With that being said the one thing I don't get is why the Oilers aren't looking into bringing a specialist coach for JP. Its safe to say that if JP had a successful career the Oilers would probably invest 40-50mil in this guy? So why not get someone in that can help mentor him along and coach him? I know it's a bit out of the ordinary, but what does it really cost to get JP his own coach to help out? No AHL Head coach is going to have time to sit there and spend one on one time with the guy, so hire a player development guy that can.
Teams already have player development roles, so it's not like is something that is way out of left field. That and look at the amount of guys that hire Adam Oates or Gary Roberts to help them out. At the end of the day if the AHL doesn't like it, then you find someone that is open to it.The idea about the specialist coach is very good. As you said we're not talking about huge money here, and it would probably bring much more to the team in return. However, some coaches may think it's some kind of an attack against them and may not be so excited about that kind of things.
As for the language, I don't think that's a big issue in this case. Already at the start of the last year Jesse had no big trouble understanding English, and by the time he went to the AHL I'm sure that was not a problem at all.
And the defense, I see what you mean. However, I think some (or none) of those things were too obvious while Jesse was playing in the NHL. People were very happy about that side and his corsis and +- stats were the best or among the best of the team until the benching started. I didn't see the last games (the ones he had in the 3rd and 4th lines between being benched) and obviously they were more difficult, so maybe that explains something.
Teams already have player development roles, so it's not like is something that is way out of left field. That and look at the amount of guys that hire Adam Oates or Gary Roberts to help them out. At the end of the day if the AHL doesn't like it, then you find someone that is open to it.
The NHL team generally has those player development guys. They kinda just work all over, but you really never hear what they ever really do.Okay, thank you for the info! I don't know much about that side in the AHL, so I thought maybe many of the head coaches concentrate on the team doing well and their own careers, so they might take it personally if a special player coach is suggested. But obviously that is not the case.
The thing I'm a bit worried about is the time they spend traveling in coaches, as I keep hearing it is pretty tough to the players. Of course you travel quite a bit in the NHL too. At least Bakersfield is a pretty central location in the division, I suppose they fly to the games in Texas?
The OKC media was incredible, Eric Rodgers Neal Livingston Patricia Teter were all great follows and the Barons game day Twitter account tweeting out 20 or so PBP tweets a game was fantastic.Do we have anyone watching the games this year? We has a few posters last year and before that a good crew watching OKC. Would be nice to hear updates about the team.
The OKC media was incredible, Eric Rodgers Neal Livingston Patricia Teter were all great follows and the Barons game day Twitter account tweeting out 20 or so PBP tweets a game was fantastic.
I want to watch Bakersfield games but the streaming site I was using no longer has AHL and CHL games and AHL live is to expensive especially when I live out in the country and have garbage internet and have to use my Cell data just not practical.
I was hoping TSN would show Canadian teams AHL affiliate games a few times a year, it's an exciting team down there.
Ah too bad. That explains the reduced updates we're getting. In general the broadcasting of hockey is pretty bad but I agree, TSN definitely could have drawn some viewers if they shower Canadian affiliate games.
Not just that, but they usually have the same thing on 4 of the channels, with only 1 channel being different.All TSN showed last season was 9 Marlie games. The only other source was Leafs TV. TSN could definitely show games from the States. Much of TSN's programming comes from other sources so it wouldn't be a stretch. I guess having 12 hours of SportsCentre or Top 50 lists brings in more viewers.
Strange thing is that I can find all the televised games from last season on the AHL website. So far, I can't even find a link on their site to this year.