Is the O(old) B (boys) C (club) now dead?

[Jumptheshark]

Just a question


Mactavish is now in the Pat Quinn Office and Lowe has been shuffled of to the office next to Mact--

We still have several former oilers in and around the team--but their power is severely reduced or completely gone --Several scouts are former oilers and we have some coaches in the organization that are former oilers.

IS the old boy club dead or is it just hiding elsewhere in the system?

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[Oil Gauge]

This about sums it up

 

[azashi]

 

[Up the Irons]

Just a question


Mactavish is now in the Pat Quinn Office and Lowe has been shuffled of to the office next to Mact--

We still have several former oilers in and around the team--but their power is severely reduced or completely gone --Several scouts are former oilers and we have some coaches in the organization that are former oilers.

IS the old boy club dead or is it just hiding elsewhere in the system?

I believe, to a certain extent, that an NHL organization should take care of those ex-players that truly bled for the team, and didn't necessarily make tens or hundreds of millions of dollars. Guys just like Buchy, Semenko, Smyttie, and yes, indeed Lowe and even Steve Smith (we all know what he endured for this team); guys that played over a decade, and stayed for the love of the team and city.

but, they belong as scouts, development coaches, minor league coaches, assistent coaches, assistent GMs. If and when they are deserving of the head coach or GM job (by proving it), then, fine. but, when they take that job, the loyalty and fandom go out the window.

 

[White Water Kayker]

Say hello to the new OBC, same as the old OBC....

 

[Mr McV]

Say hello to the new OBC, same as the old OBC....

They're the same like Rexall Place will be the same as the new arena.

 

[OilerPensfan97]

Hell to the yeah. The old boys have NO control over what happens on the ice. Anything other than that doesn't matter.

 

[McBaevid]

The OBC will never die

 

[OilerTyler]

They don't have any say in hockey operations (as far as we know) but they are still still employed by the Oilers. The OBC still lives.

 

[Hynh]

I'm scared that they're still lurking, waiting to reassert themselves if Chiarelli and Nicholson make a misstep.

 

[Gone]

Not dead. The poison still walks those halls.

Remember KLowes treatment of Comrie? I am still afraid for the organization as long as that arrogance lurks.