Craig MacTavish hired as Lokomotiv head coach (and fired - 09/24/19)

[oXo Cube]

Still lasted longer than Eakins should have.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Its surreal to look at this article, from way back machine, 2007, and be startled at how bad MacT, and Staples have been for such a long long time. See if you can get through it all without vomiting.

Craig MacTavish, the latest challenge of the Silver Fox

 

[BlackDogg]

He's doing the Loco-motion...

Come on, come on! Do the Loco-motion with Craig.

 

[PULSATING]

Its surreal to look at this article, from way back machine, 2007, and be startled at how bad MacT, and Staples have been for such a long long time. See if you can get through it all without vomiting.

Craig MacTavish, the latest challenge of the Silver Fox

...what on earth are those quotes from "female fans"

 

[BudBundy]

Just for the love of Gawd dont bring him back for any reason, at any position, at any level, anywhere remotely connected to the Oilers or OEG. We’ve got fresh air so lets not bring back an old rotting fish.

 

[guymez]

People are treating this lightly, but Katz may create a position for him. He has always looked after the 80’s Oilers.

I think Holland has total say over the hockey side, so at least it shouldn’t be in hockey operations ...

Optics matter.
I wont make fun of this firing and I wish MacT the best but Katz would be creating a public relations disaster by bringing him back in any capacity. I just cant see that happening.
I have to believe that Katz has learned something.

 

[Cloned]

Optics matter.
I wont make fun of this firing and I wish MacT the best but Katz would be creating a public relations disaster by bringing him back in any capacity. I just cant see that happening.
I have to believe that Katz has learned something.

He'll probably just hire him to do something without any announcements whatsoever. Kinda like how we all randomly found out Howson had been rehired some years back.

 

[Tw0Shoes]

Only if (when) the Oilers hire him. No NHL team bothered to hire him in any capacity BEFORE his disastrous GM tenure so I can't imagine anybody would be interested now. Then again, a team hired Chiarelli since NHL teams love their recycled trash so you never know.

That's not true. He was the coach of the AHL Chicago Wolves.

 

[CupofOil]

That's not true. He was the coach of the AHL Chicago Wolves.

No NHL job.

 

[Marty McSurly]

MacT still lives in Edmonton so don't everyone freak out when he shows up at an Oilers game in the near future.

It just means he's working for the team again.. Nothing else.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

All joking aside I hope he lands on his feet. Just not with the Oilers.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

8 games.... geez that’s a short leash.

 

[BudBundy]

8 games.... geez that’s a short leash.

If only Chiarelli had been canned after his first “ unsexy” trade.

 

[Del Preston]

Ah f***, you just know he's gonna end up back here.

Good news for Konovalov though.

 

[BudBundy]

Ah ****, you just know he's gonna end up back here.

Good news for Konovalov though.

Hey “if you have to ask the question...”. Lol

 

[Fmrnuckfan95]

Still lasted longer than Eakins should have.

No way Eakins was a great coach. Taylor Hall should've been traded for accidentally hitting his beautiful hair with water.

Jk

 

[iCanada]

Oh. Oh god.

They're literally freaking cockroaches.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Maybe he can start a hockey league in Timbuktu? Just stay the **** away from here.

 

[rboomercat90]

Didn’t really seem like a good idea for Mactavish right from the day it was announced. Not even surprised he didn’t last longer. Lots of young players on that team with many of them not speaking English. Mac T was never good with kids, doesn’t speak the language and had only coached one season in the last ten years. That’s three big obstacles right there. That long rope he’s had since he’d rejoined the Oilers wasn’t going to be available to him over there, either. Now he knows how the rest of the hockey world lives. He’s got no other option than to come crawling back here if he’s not ready to retire. The question is when are we going to find out about it? We didn’t find out about Howson for at least 6 months after he was rehired.

 

[Senor Catface]

Seems like an odd firing. Only 8 games, and not THAT bad of a record...

 

[I am the Liquor]

Maybe he can start a hockey league in Timbuktu? Just stay the **** away from here.

Maybe we get an early Christmas present when Calgary or Vancouver hires him.

 

[guymez]

Seems like an odd firing. Only 8 games, and not THAT bad of a record...

Apparently this isnt at all unusual for KHL teams.

 

[Todd from Leduc]

I don’t buy Craig was fired, more likely they heard he was quitting and fired him first to save face. Craig has achieved everything in hockey, worked for a top tier organization and likely just decided it wasn’t worth the tax on his family and personal life. He stepped aside from the Oilers to pursue this opportunity and likely regretted his decision to leave and has decided to come back, let’s leave it at that and stop the speculation boys.

 

[guymez]

I don’t buy Craig was fired, more likely they heard he was quitting and fired him first to save face. Craig has achieved everything in hockey, worked for a top tier organization and likely just decided it wasn’t worth the tax on his family and personal life. He stepped aside from the Oilers to pursue this opportunity and likely regretted his decision to leave and has decided to come back, let’s leave it at that and stop the speculation boys.

Arent you doing the same speculating in this post?

 

[MoontoScott]

Some organizations just cull their mistakes.