So How Exactly Do You Make the Oilers Play Harder?

[TheGuyInTheChair]

Chia basically said it all.

A good coach, the right players, and definitely instilling the right attitude within the organization from management down to the players.

 

[ekcut]

A meaningful game will crank the try level up to 11 too.

 

[Captain Fantastic]

Hire Eakins as a personal trainer.I can recall him saying something similar in his first press conference as coach.

 

[GMofOilers]

Coaching, the second thing is just winning. It is a virtuous cycle, the more you win the harder you play, the harder you play the more you win.

We have a winner!!

But really winning will bring the harder play out, look what Nelson did at the end of the year, look what Krueger did.

 

[syz]

Get a goalie and defensemen who don't constantly make your forwards want to hang themselves by November 1st.

 

[CupofOil]

Fear of Accountability, fear of being traded.

The Country Club atmosphere is no more. This is a no nonsense GM who will hire a no nonsense coach. That should kick their butts into gear one would hope. If not, Chia will find somebody else who will play hard.