Garbo Man
Meh
It's more of a horde at this pointI’m part of that crowd lmao.
It's more of a horde at this pointI’m part of that crowd lmao.
Talbot on the first shot against that season makes Mikko look like Patrick Roy on first shots against this season haha.
Oh yeah, 100%. Spec writes garbage but he's well aware that pointing the finger at currently employed execs would be the end of his employment. It's nothing new with this org, any dissent is immediately dealt with.True. To be fair, I seem to recall hearing that the Aquilini’s were going to blackball some radio stations (sponsorship?) when they had their circus going on before the firings. I think it’s a Canadian sports media thing. The Canadian NHL clubs make them very aware that reporting for them is a privilege and if they want to criticize, someone else will line up to take their spot, writing at a 4th grade level or whatever the requirements are nowadays
It’s true. Koskinen’s meme is within the first 5 shots, and letting in the least dangerous looking one
Spector is such an idiot. Yeah, they’re losing because of McLeod.
Oh agreed.That he was injured to begin with highlights what a dumb decision it was to bring him back.
The thing is Spec isn't really blaming the miscast guys, in this case McLeod. He's pointing at Holland a lot when you listen to the full context of the conversation.I think I hate Spector more than Jones and Matty. They’re just washed up, he’s an eternal “never was”
Koskinen is an easy scapegoat, but the Oilers are having a variety of issues right now. Obviously goaltending is one of them but it seems in poor taste to only call that out and ignoring the 100s of other issues plaguing this team.
I get that some players have a longer leash than others but the timing wasn’t great and I can’t think of any other veterans he’s called out similarly.
For example, in the second period, we gave up a few five alarm and frankly inexcusable chances that were either stopped or misplayed by the Rags. Not a peep about our atrocious defending.
To be fair, I've also seen lots of games where we do indeed allow the first goal, but it doesn't happen until the end of the period or sometime in the 2nd. And then the "we allowed the first goal again" moans and groans come out. I'd like to see a stretch where we come out gang busters and sustain those gangbusters for a period and see what happens. I've never seen a team come out so consistently flat, game after game after game. Not letting Koskinen off the hook by any means, but the team as a whole has really gone into a funk.Maybe the team would have more confidence to play offensively if he didn't let the first goal in early so often. That sucks the life out of the team quickly.
The question is, who does calling out his play help?The stage was set at that point however, and to be fair Tippett has called out poor play by others. Not very often but he has. And these were absolutely crucial critical brain dead mistakes Koskinen made in a crucial critical game at a crucial critical time 15 seconds after the game started.
The stage was set at that point however, and to be fair Tippett has called out poor play by others. Not very often but he has. And these were absolutely crucial critical brain dead mistakes Koskinen made in a crucial critical game at a crucial critical time 15 seconds after the game started.
To be fair, I've also seen lots of games where we do indeed allow the first goal, but it doesn't happen until the end of the period or sometime in the 2nd. And then the "we allowed the first goal again" moans and groans come out. I'd like to see a stretch where we come out gang busters and sustain those gangbusters for a period and see what happens. I've never seen a team come out so consistently flat, game after game after game. Not letting Koskinen off the hook by any means, but the team as a whole has really gone into a funk.
The question is, who does calling out his play help?
does it help Koskinen? No, not really. He’s already quite clearly someone who struggles with confidence and getting thrown under the bus publicly by the coach and media is definitely not going to help his play (in fact it could do quite the opposite).
does it help the other players? Not if Koskinen needs to be relied on again if/when Smith goes down and his game continues to falter because of this.
does it help the coach? Maybe in the moment, but overall no, since everyone is blasting him for the comments
does it help the organization? If anything it makes us look even more Mickey Mouse than usual.
I understand being frustrated (we all are), but there’s a difference being a fan and a coach. We have some leeway to be reactionary because we’re not employed by the organization and don’t make choices of any consequence.
Game time hour and 40 folks
Might order little cesars pizza
pepperoni.
If they had any stones they'd call out the front office for putting out such a pathetic roster.If this was any other job than paying professional athletes millions of dollars a year to play a game I would agree. They play this game in the public eye and are paid handsomely for it. If a coach cannot tell the truth to the media, which are publicly grilling him about his job security, about not one but two plays that were inexcusable, and that goalie cannot handle the heat then that goalie needs to go sell life insurance or become a mechanic.
And these were stupid, egregious mistakes made at the beginning of a critical game at a critical time. Koskinen let his coach down, his team down, his fans down, and himself down. He deserves any grilling the coach might make in the media. Fully deserved.
Game time hour and 40 folks
Might order little cesars pizza
pepperoni.
Oh man that seriously sounds amazing !!!!!Mrs 5 is making stuffed peppers with veggies for dinner and I bought some fresh pull apart garlic cheese bread from Cobbs to go with it.
It began long agoWhy do you hate your stomach?