Hitchcock for GM

[Gregsky99]

Gonna bump this thread with this story out of an actual writer

JONES: Time for Oilers to hand GM reins over to head coach Hitchcock

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Nope. This coach is just another crony for the Oilers org. No interest in him becoming GM here.

 

[Kranix]

So he can bring Modano and Nieuwendyk out of retirement.

 

[Patch101]

I understand the angle on it. Hitch is a salesman at heart, but that said I don't think he wants to do the job.
As a consult to the GM, sure. A coach, ok.

 

[Gregsky99]

So he can bring Modano and Nieuwendyk out of retirement.

Maybe, but I’d argue that couldn’t be worse than what we have now...both as potential players and management...

 

[Del Preston]

So he can bring Modano and Nieuwendyk out of retirement.

Craig Ludwig

 

[Gregsky99]

Nope. This coach is just another crony for the Oilers org. No interest in him becoming GM here.

He’s been here for barely a month...I’d say it’s too early to be called a crony at this point.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

He’s been here for barely a month...I’d say it’s too early to be called a crony at this point.

Is it? He vouches for his hopeless GM and makes bizarre roster deicisions.

 

[Kranix]

Is it? He vouches for his hopeless GM and makes bizarre roster deicisions.

He's not going to trash Chiarelli in the media. He did scratch some of his prized acquisitions

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

He's not going to trash Chiarelli in the media. He did scratch some of his prized acquisitions

I'm not saying he should trash Chiarelli but his treatment of Yamamoto and JP is downright strange. He should tell Chiarelli to send Yamamoto down, instead Rattie gets waived for no apparent reason.

For awhile he was reluctant to administer any kind of repercussion to Lucic when he was dogshit. Never once scratched him.

 

[ManofSteel55]

Nope. This coach is just another crony for the Oilers org. No interest in him becoming GM here.

So you expect a million dollar+ business to give the GM job to someone who isn't on board with the organization?

 

[ManofSteel55]

I'm not saying he should trash Chiarelli but his treatment of Yamamoto and JP is downright strange. He should tell Chiarelli to send Yamamoto down, instead Rattie gets waived for no apparent reason.

For awhile he was reluctant to administer any kind of repercussion to Lucic when he was dog****. Never once scratched him.

Well Rattie sucks too, so its not like he's sending down anyone of note here.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Well Rattie sucks too, so its not like he's sending down anyone of note here.

That's not the point. The point is that Yamamoto is struggling with the big club and needs AHL development time. This team is toxic right now. What exactly is he learning here?

So you expect a million dollar+ business to give the GM job to someone who isn't on board with the organization?

I expect this business to start taking winning seriously instead of hiring Hockey Canada execs that aren't outside their precious circle of friends. I expect this business to do their damn due diligence in finding proper replacements for the people that need to be fired in this organization (and that list is a long one).

Hitchcock was just another in a long line of easy, line-of-sight answers for this team. Never even bothered to contact anyone else.

 

[A91]

This cracks me up every single time
WHY WOULD ANYONE EVER POSE FOR THIS!?!

 

[Hopelesslucicfan]

I like hitch, but I think this org needs to hand the reigns over to someone completely new. Not another teams cast-off, or some ex player who's expressed an interest.

That said, bringing in any new guy and expecting them to not bend to the will of the OBC is pointless.

Imagine being the new guy in the gm position, knowing Mact, lowe, Gretzky, and the owner are all ready to sacrifice your job in order to save face, and you know damn well some new guy isn't going to be able to say no when the OBC convinces them to trade for another ex oil king.

God I hate this org.