How many OKC games has Stauffer watched I'm guessing 0, Moroz has been afforded more opportunity then he has deserved and has gotten opportunities on the powerplay despite being so much worse offensively then pretty much any player on the team.
A more fair criticism of Nelson is he seems to turn players into good AHL players, he is good at teaching them how to play the game smarter and utilize their strengths to cut out a niche for themselves and be successful in that league, but he doesn't seem to do a lot in terms of skill development such as improved skating or improving their shots.
It was a bit funny watching OKC early in the year they were pretty much just as porous defensively as we were playing the same system as us and were continually losing late game leads. They have been doing a lot better of late of tightening things down, maybe Eakins should call up Nelson for some advice on adjustments to make. That said I think the group in the AHL is much more commited, they are buying in more, and the leadership group they have at the AHL level is really good and I can't think of many players down there who aren't willing to put in the extra time and effort to improve.
We should hire a skill coach for our AHL/ECHL level teams, let the head coach do his thing and have them work on developing skills that are necessary for the big leagues such as improved stick handling, puck protection skills, shooting, etc.. It's actually one position I would be comfortable hiring one of the Old Boy's club members as we have actually had a lot of really skilled players over the years, I think the good ones though have too big of an ego to take a job like that. Someone like Paul Coffey, Kent Nilsson, or Craig Simpson would probably be solid in a role like that, though as I said before I can't see them taking a job like that. All of our old glory day players want seats up top where they are more hands on in managing this club, when for most of them that is outside of their wheelhouse.
