Head Coach

[joestevens29]

Lots of guys out there, it'll be a very busy off season for the org.

New GM is going to have a lot to figure out.

Not only does he have to fill out a bunch of spots in the forward group. He has to figure out who to keep on defense, who can help out in net, which scouts and management people to keep. To top it all off needs to potentially find a whole new coaching staff.

Ideally if I'm Nicholson I'm telling all scouts to put together their reports on paper, so that when the new GM comes in he can see what these guys actually think about particular players. Needs to figure out who is full of shit and who actually is good at their jobs.

 

[BigFuzzyDice]

Let me say it again. Todd Nelson. No Retreads. If MacT gets fired into the sun our odds of this happening increase significantly.

This is the right personality for this team.
Sunday Q and A: Todd Nelson and his "jam it down their...

Give him some stud nuclear weapons like mc+d , he'll get the nags in the lineup pulling on the rope.

 

[CycloneSweep]

New GM is going to have a lot to figure out.

Not only does he have to fill out a bunch of spots in the forward group. He has to figure out who to keep on defense, who can help out in net, which scouts and management people to keep. To top it all off needs to potentially find a whole new coaching staff.

Ideally if I'm Nicholson I'm telling all scouts to put together their reports on paper, so that when the new GM comes in he can see what these guys actually think about particular players. Needs to figure out who is full of **** and who actually is good at their jobs.

I think KG stays no matter what. Only guy in the group with a good head on his shoulders, he clearly isn't a patsy either and can help the new GM see what is what.

I don't think a whole new coaching staff is needed and if so, usually the new coach has guys they want and its often up to them.

Gulutzan will be gone for sure. Yawney I could see staying as what he did with Nurses offensive game was good. The other guys I am unsure of.

 

[Joey Moss]

I want a coach that can get the solid fundamentals of team play going, and had proven time and time again they can turn around young rosters, and have everyone playing for each other.

I'd go with Michel Therrien.


He's likely not someone we win a cup with, but he's a solid coach that can work with 'lesser' rosters.
He's helped turn a basement feeder like the Penguins into a Stanley Cup threat.
He guided a horribly constructed Habs team to a Conference Final.


He's not going to do a ton to help McDraiNuge, but everyone else will get a massive boost.

I’m going to be blunt, this is a flat out terrible suggestion.

No one wants to play for guys like Michel Therrien. This isn’t the 90’s and early 00’s.

 

[Beerfish]

The new gm will determine what kind of coach we have. If they go for an old style like holland i would expect the next veteran retread coach. If we get a younger more progressive gm I'd expect the next young hot shot kind of coach.

 

[quickfeet]

Best case scenario, Kevin Lowe hired as GM and MacT behind the bench. Could you imagine!

 

[Todd from Leduc]

Why do we need a head coach, why not let Guletsan and Yawney run it as a tandem?

 

[Drai nation]

I'm gonna say it will be alain vigneault after the new gm is appointed

 

[CycloneSweep]

One good thing about a new coach is all the players have a clean empty slate. Training camp will decide a lot for a lot of our players.

 

[North]

The new gm will determine what kind of coach we have. If they go for an old style like holland i would expect the next veteran retread coach. If we get a younger more progressive gm I'd expect the next young hot shot kind of coach.

Holland may be willing to hire Nelson since he coaches Detroit's minor league team.

That being said, I really don't want Holland as GM.

 

[bobbythebrain]

Why do we need a head coach, why not let Guletsan and Yawney run it as a tandem?

 

[Fourier]

Let me say it again. Todd Nelson. No Retreads. If MacT gets fired into the sun our odds of this happening increase significantly.

This is the right personality for this team.
Sunday Q and A: Todd Nelson and his "jam it down their...

Give him some stud nuclear weapons like mc+d , he'll get the nags in the lineup pulling on the rope.

I just came to this thread to throw Nelson's name out as well. His record everywhere is really impressive. It's also clear that players want to play for him. But if MacT is there then this is a no go.

 

[TB12]

Funny that there are rumours that Gillis won’t be given an interview because of the Nylander thing like 12 years ago that pissed Lowe off.
And Nelson might not be considered because of MacT (or maybe Nelly hates MacT).

Yet they traded for Manning and just expected Connor to get over it because “he’s a pro”. Obviously McDavid did because he IS a pro and hella mature at age 22. Its just hilarious to compare the OBC and the way they operate vs. the youngest captain in NHL history.

 

[Tyrolean]

Barry Trotz.

 

[SupremeTeam16]

Todd Nelson, Kris Knoblauch, Dominic Ducharme, Benoit Groulx.

Good list to start with, they need a good communicator and someone who can build confidence and get the team buying in. I like Nelson just for the irony of a guy they jettisoned a few years ago comes back and gets the team going.

 

[jlockhart89]

Maybe it sounds petty and unorthodox; but I'd like to see McDavid involved with the hiring process for the coach. Have him sit in on the interviews, discuss the coaches vision for the locker room, his philosophies and on ice strategy. Connor's a smart kid, and he should have a say on what the Oilers on ice game plan is moving forward.

 

[McIce Whole]

Hire Krueger as POHO, Guerin as GM and Nelson as coach. Let Nelson and Krueger fire every single one of the OBC except MacT. They can do that one over Skype.

 

[Stoneman89]

Why do we need a head coach, why not let Guletsan and Yawney run it as a tandem?

Let's bring back Tom Renny as well, okay?

 

[Senor Catface]

Barry Trotz.

?

He's signed for 4 more years.

 

[duul]

I'd be on board with a new guy like Knoblauch, a returnee like Nelson, or a veteran like Vigneault. Not interested in some of the other option to be honest, but I think those three are our best options.

 

[Macblender]

What do people think of Sheldon Keefe?

 

[McShogun99]

There’s going to be a few options after the playoffs are done, especially if there’s a few early upsets. I think we’ll get an announcement on the new GM shortly after the playoffs are over. Our new coach will probably be announced before July 1. I’m hoping for an up and coming GM and a younger coach. Enough with these dinosaurs thinking the game is still the same as 10 years ago.

 

[Macblender]

There’s going to be a few options after the playoffs are done, especially if there’s a few early upsets. I think we’ll get an announcement on the new GM shortly after the playoffs are over. Our new coach will probably be announced before July 1. I’m hoping for an up and coming GM and a younger coach. Enough with these dinosaurs thinking the game is still the same as 10 years ago.

If the Preds lose and fire Laviolette he instantly is my top candidate but the other coaches like Paul Maurice I am more Meh on seems like the same old stuff we are going through. Otherwise I am thinking Keefe or possibly Benoit Groulx.

 

[foshizzle]

Maybe it sounds petty and unorthodox; but I'd like to see McDavid involved with the hiring process for the coach. Have him sit in on the interviews, discuss the coaches vision for the locker room, his philosophies and on ice strategy. Connor's a smart kid, and he should have a say on what the Oilers on ice game plan is moving forward.

How strange, I discussed the exact same thing with a buddy of mine. I agree 100%. It would be a progressive, forward thinking move, and automatically have your captain behind the coach 100%.

 

[Satoru Gojo]

Jon Cooper if he gets fired??