What makes you think either one of those guys have the capability, or the desire, to snag front office jobs?
The Oilers were just better the past two years. Period. The only chance we had was Skinner shitting his pants and he didn't in either series, save for the third period of G1 this year.
Yep. He burns hot and then burns out. Much like Jimmy Johnson and the Cowboys. Hitch was the same way. The players fucking hated his guts by the time he got fired the first time. Of course, I bet Mo and Hatcher have nothing but praise for the guy who got them a Cup now that it's all over with and 20+ years are in the rearview mirror.
This is what did him in -- publicly embarrassing Otter, who just signed an 8-year deal and is your franchise netminder, and then not making things immediately right in the post-game. That was just stupid on DeBoer's part.
Yep. Can't churn the roster as easily as you can change the coach.
Agreed. This team is set-up to be good longer than probably anybody else in the NHL. Is it Cup worthy? Time will tell. They've got $5M of cap room and a bunch of guys heading to UFA. It will be interesting to see how they fill some of those spots.