"Obviously, it's a mistake," Bob Nicholson says of process of hiring Peter Chiarelli

[Voight]

Nicholson should take accountability. Yes Chia and some dumb signings and trades but I am 150% sure they had to pass thru Nicholson to be OK'ed.

 

[oobga]

I really wonder what he realized this. He kept letting Chia make moves this year, some very damaging for next season, so I assume he only finally decided hiring Chia was a mistake when the team was on a bad run before the all-star break.

This gives me great confidence that Nicholson will make the right move with his next hires!

 

[Emperoreddy]

Can the league save McDavid from this mistake?

 

[General Disarray]

He should have to go through the type of interview Habs GM did last summer. Where the interviewer DESTROYED him live on the air. It was low key rude, disrespectful even, but hey it worked. He made changes and look where they are.

 

[Canada4Gold]

It'd just be quicker to point out what you did correct.

 

[qwerty]

my brother works at rogers place at stuido 99 its a resturant there and he would see all the oilers mangement everyone except chiarelli pretty sure he was target and he knew

Just goes to show time heals all wounds. Kevin Lowe was the most hated man in Edmonton for a while there and now even he can show his face around town.

 

[MikeyMike01]

That big ass bald head of his .... wonder what was he thinking ? you would think with a big ass head like that he is conjuring up some amazing deals and scenarios ....goddam

it’s mostly bone

 

[JTToilinginToronto]

Hiring Peter Chiarelli was a mistake?

Us NYI fans disagree.

 

[Snakepit]

if they think Chiarelli was the problem then Edmonton is still in for some tough times ahead

 

[GreatSaveLuongo]

After 4 years you doubt the guy you hired, what was Nicholson doing all these time?

 

[ZJuice]

After 4 years you doubt the guy you hired, what was Nicholson doing all these time?

Have you tried his burger?

 

[Cyborg Yzerberg]

A lot of smugness in this thread, there were sure a ton of people who congratulated the Oilers for hiring both Chiarelli and McLellan on this forum. Obviously Chiarelli had a lot of red flags even then, but there was certainly a popular opinion that the Oilers would finally right the ship.

 

[The Panther]

A lot of smugness in this thread, there were sure a ton of people who congratulated the Oilers for hiring both Chiarelli and McLellan on this forum. Obviously Chiarelli had a lot of red flags even then, but there was certainly a popular opinion that the Oilers would finally right the ship.

That's right, and the first two years of them were highly successful. I personally never thought badly of McLellan and I thought firing him was unnecessary (his bizarre attachment to Lucic aside).

Chiarelli, however, simply made far too many negative-value trades and gutted the roster of all depth. I also disliked strongly his persona -- he basically hid from the media, and, when he was interviewed, sounded unintelligent.

 

[ItWasJustified]

Victim blaming 101, friend.

Not if the victim have a choice. There's a huge ******* difference there.

 

[NinjaKick]

I wonder what Chia's up to right now. Obviously it would be best for him to stay away from the internet for a while... and people... and mirrors

maybe look into getting cats, they don't judge

 

[The Panther]

I wonder what Chia's up to right now.

Chia meets McLellan in the supermarket line:

Chia: Oh, hello there.

Todd: Peter! Long time no. What's new?

Chia: Well...er, did you see that breakfast cereal is 15% off?

Todd: I sure did. But what really amazed me is the prices of strawberries! They get so expensive at this time of year.

Chia: I know... that's right.

Todd: Well, see you later, Peter.

Chia: Good day, then, Todd.

 

[NinjaKick]

Chia meets McLellan in the supermarket line:

Chia: Oh, hello there.

Todd: Peter! Long time no. What's new?

Chia: Well...er, did you see that breakfast cereal is 15% off?

Todd: I sure did. But what really amazed me is the prices of strawberries! They get so expensive at this time of year.

Chia: I know... that's right.

Todd: Well, see you later, Peter.

Chia: Good day, then, Todd.

Chia casually exists the supermarket with his 37 boxes of cereal, 2 small boxes of strawberries comfortably hidden under his sombrero... (he's on a budget and sometimes you gotta cut corners in life).
Unloads his groceries into his car, gets in, starts it up and looks into the mirror...

Todd: Hello Peter, do you remember me?

Chia: Yeah we just spoke in line 5 minutes ago

Todd: Yes... we did

Chia: How'd ya get in my car it was locked

Todd: Remember all those times you locked yourself in the bathroom from the inside at the arena? Well, I've mastered the art of lock picking

Chia: goddamnit you know doors don't make sense to me

Todd: anywhoo, do you remember how I hugged you back in line at the supermarket?

Chia: I will never forget that moment

Todd: right... right... but what you didn't realize was... I slipped a dog collar around your neck Peter... look down

Chia: oh ****, you know i thought something was tickling my neck but i couldn't scratch it because my hands were full of cereal

Todd: That's a taser collar Peter, if you come within 500 yards of my house again... you get tased. We're sick of it Peter, it's time to move on.

Chia: its true, I've been doing alot of reflecting with my time off and I've come to the conclusion that... if I could just get a few clippings of your hair and glue it onto me head... I'll become part of you and never have to bother you again

Todd:

Todd then jumps out of the car and runs away

 

[Kimota]

Nicholson is a fraud. This guy has leetched off of his Team Canada success his entire career. He should go back to sipping wine in the okanagan.

The first time I saw Nicholson way way back on the TSN OTR show, I smelled the kiss ass con man from this guy. And when the Oilers hired him acting as a Shanahan-type, my arms were in the air. I could not believe it. Talk about a guy who never had one original idea in his head, yet always worms his way into every high profile jobs. The Oilers' owner must have been incredibly stupid to not get that.

 

[Kimota]

Given that the Seguin trade was taped and freely available to everyone. How he got another job as a GM is beyond me...

Then I remember it's the Oilers.

in the end he traded both Taylor and Tyler.

But I always linked that to the guy was intimidated, surrounded by experienced guys and someone like Cam Neely who all went "he's not part of our culture". He was not the real boss and you clearly saw that in the video.

 

[Cyborg Yzerberg]

That's right, and the first two years of them were highly successful. I personally never thought badly of McLellan and I thought firing him was unnecessary (his bizarre attachment to Lucic aside).

Chiarelli, however, simply made far too many negative-value trades and gutted the roster of all depth. I also disliked strongly his persona -- he basically hid from the media, and, when he was interviewed, sounded unintelligent.

Obviously Chiarelli was a huge problem, I’m strictly speaking of public consensus at the time of his hiring.

 

[Brian McDavid]

Not if the victim have a choice. There's a huge ******* difference there.

'It's like an abused woman who keeps going back to her husband over and over again.'

You literally compared the two as if they were the same. You're either confused or backtracking.

 

[ItWasJustified]

'It's like an abused woman who keeps going back to her husband over and over again.'

You literally compared the two as if they were the same. You're either confused or backtracking.

Yes. I compared Oilers fans to an abused woman who keeps going back to her abuser. It's the Oilers fans choice as much as the abused woman.

 

[Seras]

Everyone likes to act as if everything was going super well before they hired Chiarelli

 

[Junohockeyfan]

I'm gonna miss him. Pete, you are gold in my book. Gold.