News Article: Renney reveals a little on firing

[GMofOilers]

This doesnt surprise me one bit with Lowe at the helm.

http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/...as-fired-by-the-oilers-because-of-his-values/

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[nabob]

Makes sense why RNH played almost 30 minutes in his first game back from major shoulder surgery with no training camp to boot.

 

[NewBoysClub97*]

Brutal. Coach being told from above to play the young guns more instead of who he thought would help more.

 

[nabob]

Renney then went on to be an assistant coach under Babcock in Detroit and raved about how great of an environment it was there.

There is absolutely ZERO chance that Babcock will sign on to coach here as long as Lowe and MacT are in charge.

 

[missinthejets]

I don't think this is very ground breaking stuff here, everyone knew back then that these were the reasons he was fired. He sheltered the kids, a majority of people on this very board used to scream bloody murder about him doing it too... had to play Hall more! Had to play Eberle more! etc etc etc.

 

[McOilbleeder]

...But we had to play them, because they were really good and we were selling hope. But I acted according to my conscience.â€

That's brutal to read.

 

[sepHF]

Wow that is brutal

Thanks Renney for actually having some integrity.

 

[Tw0Shoes]

Why does it say it was translated??
The way the article was written, it sounds like a lot of nonsense.

 

[Mr McV]

This also lends credence to Sheldon Souray's claims. Then the team buried him in the minors. Total POS organization run by Lowe.

 

[Tw0Shoes]

Same reason Barry Melrose was fired from Tampa, because he wouldn't play Stamkos as a rookie.

 

[czar99]

Renney then went on to be an assistant coach under Babcock in Detroit and raved about how great of an environment it was there.

There is absolutely ZERO chance that Babcock will sign on to coach here as long as Lowe and MacT are in charge.

Was there ever a chance he would coach here. Really.

 

[Moose Coleman]

Renney then went on to be an assistant coach under Babcock in Detroit and raved about how great of an environment it was there.

There is absolutely ZERO chance that Babcock will sign on to coach here as long as Lowe and MacT are in charge.

Mact wasn't part of the management group when Renney was here.

 

[nabob]

Why does it say it was translated??
The way the article was written, it sounds like a lot of nonsense.

Because it was an interview with a french newspaper...

It's a summary of another article

 

[guymez]

Mact wasn't part of the management group when Renney was here.

This sounds exactly like something Katz would do IMO.

It fits.

 

[Gobo]

That's brutal to read.

I didn't really get this line. They were good but he didn't wanna play them?

 

[nabob]

Mact wasn't part of the management group when Renney was here.

Pretty sure he was in a consulting role at that point.

 

[nabob]

I didn't really get this line. They were good but he didn't wanna play them?

He didn't want them to be rushed back into game play and didn't want to risk them getting worse chronic injuries. It's proven that fatigue leads to injuries.

 

[oXo Cube]

Most of this board(myself included) would have agreed with management over this.

But man it's ugly to read given the way things have ended up

 

[nabob]

Was there ever a chance he would coach here. Really.

No especially not with the current group of fools running the show.

 

[Moose Coleman]

Pretty sure he was in a consulting role at that point.

I don't think so. He was hired on in June 2012, Renney was already out.

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

"and I was terrible...so there's that..."

Tom Renney on himself

 

[EnthusiasticYak]

So then this means that Eakins is being told how to coach the team. The Hunt over a Marincin decision makes a lot more sense now. Management will continue to "sell hope" by acquiring top draft picks and Eakins will be used as the scapegoat.

 

[Auguste McEscoffier]

Is Lowe ever mentioned? Wasn't Tambellini the GM?

 

[Canovin]

The master plan is McDavid and Babcock.

 

[tempest2i]

Hold on, everyone already hates management, what difference do these comments make? Am I supposed to hate Lowe more than I already do?

There's a maximum management hating saturation level for me. I've already reached it.