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Jeff Blashill

mindfly

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Why hasn't he been fired yet? Because, there's 0% chance he could coach this team next season... right? LA started their springcleaning yesterday...


I could understand arguments for Holland staying, but Blashill, no one in their right mind could let Blashill continue coaching here?
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Slapper

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Blashill just got chosen to coach USA in world championships. Will be interesting to see how that works out.
 
FireBird71

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He's not going anywhere...sooner people realize the better...coaching Team USA at the World Championships
 

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I don't care about his on-ice results (we're shouldn't be winning anything next year, regardless of who's behind the bench), but I'm concerned by how many players regressed. I don't want him back if he's going to continue to stunt the development of Mrazek, Larkin and AA.

Unfortunately, it's pretty clear he's going to be back as Holland's mid-season (or later) scapegoat.
 

Flowah

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mindfly said:
His team has been playing horrible all season, you can only blame the roster so much, you need to get more out of the current players, he hasnt showed that.
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Really?

I feel like 75% of the blame for any team is almost always the roster.
 
Retire91

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As long as Holland is the GM it doesn't matter who the coach is. But I do agree Blash is not the coach for Detroit. Just don't want to see a coach firing take the heat off what a Horrible job Holland has been doing going back to Babcock.
 
Hammettf2b

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I think Holland has bought into Blashills long term approach in turning players into complete 2-way players. For that reason, I think he stays.
 
TheMule93

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Didn't Holland say a few days ago that Blash is staying? I'll give him another season to see which direction the team trends in. Theres no real rush to get an awesome coach with how **** the roster is, we're in the middle of a rebuild.
 
Ezekial

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Blash is coaching this team next year. 100%, don't know where this 0 came from.
 
Suavecito

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Has there been any other time where so many qualified coaches are available?

Yet Holland will stick with Blashill.

martinez said:
In other words, Holland wants dahlin/lil svech
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This is the only way I can see Holland going with Blashill next season...He secretly wants another high-end pick.
 
chances14

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my money would be on holland keeping blashill, but did you folks honestly expect him to say "yeah we're firing blashill. he's a ****** coach" to the media today

holland speaks like a politician so you have to read between the lines to figure out what he really means. If you notice he said "right now" he thinks blashill should come back. he didn't say that blashill will be back for next season for sure

he also mentioned that they need to improve internally. Now that could mean lots of things but my first thought was the coaching staff

I swear it's like he reads hfboards and intentionally trolls us by saying the exact opposite that we want to hear from him
 
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chances14 said:
my money would be on holland keeping blashill, but did you folks honestly expect him to say "yeah we're firing blashill. he's a ****** coach" to the media today

holland speaks like a politician so you have to read between the lines to figure out what he really means. If you notice he said "right now" he thinks blashill should come back. he didn't say that blashill will be back for next season for sure

he also mentioned that they need to improve internally. Now that could mean lots of things but my first thought was the coaching staff

I swear it's like he reads hfboards and intentionally trolls us by saying the exact opposite that we want to hear from him
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Ken Holland is also extremely loyal and has more than 2 years invested in Jeff Blashill.
 
Retire91

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No one gets fired in Detroit. Players, Coaches, Executives. Its a country club with a lifetime membership. Stay as long as you want and if you get the desire to win voluntarily move on to another organization.
 
jkutswings

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chances14 said:
my money would be on holland keeping blashill, but did you folks honestly expect him to say "yeah we're firing blashill. he's a ****** coach" to the media today

holland speaks like a politician so you have to read between the lines to figure out what he really means. If you notice he said "right now" he thinks blashill should come back. he didn't say that blashill will be back for next season for sure

he also mentioned that they need to improve internally. Now that could mean lots of things but my first thought was the coaching staff

I swear it's like he reads hfboards and intentionally trolls us by saying the exact opposite that we want to hear from him
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And when I read that, I think that he's saying he will be focused on using the draft, and not making any major trades or free agent signings this summer.

But then he says they'll explore trades for anybody not protected in the expansion draft, so who knows. Or maybe he'll kick tires again, and have no intention on anything of substance.
 
ricky0034

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pretty much expecting him to be back with Holland's comments about it

it's a shame really,because I legitimately think he is going to ruin Larkin
 
SirKillalot

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I have no problem with us keeping Blashill. I got faith in the man, but the roster needs to be better. He has won at all levels, he will win at this.
 
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