For a team that chews through coaches like dogs gnaw through bones, a firmer hand might be a welcome change. He could be what the team needs.
May 142026
Then again, we’ve been hearing that for 18 years.
SportsNet – Mark Spector – Knoblauch’s firing a reminder it ‘starts with the coaches’ in Edmonton
ESPN – Kulak’s OT goal caps comeback as Avs make Western Conference finals
Phil has a question:
Wasn’t Kulak an Oiler until Stan (not Scotty) Bowman had to use him as an enticement in a trade for a goalie who can’t stop a beachball with a sheet of plywood, never fit in with the team and has a couple of years left on a fairly expensive contract.
TSN – ‘It’s not a good look for the Oilers’: Rishaug & Dreger discuss Knoblauch’s ‘sloppy’ firing
A number of years ago when the Oilers were not very good Daryl Katz wrote the fans a Letter and Phil published one of his sources’ response.
The Letter:
Got me some tickets to an Oilers game
They ain’t worth watching now that’s a shame
Glory days are gone, the Rebuild stumbles on
And Daryl he wrote us a letter.
He’s got lots of money that he could spend
Oilers fan’s patience is at an end
Glory days are gone, the Rebuild stumbles on
And Daryl he wrote us a letter.
Chorus:
Well he wrote us a letter saying things will be better if we believe
His praise was quite lavish for Lowe and MacTavish and they’ll never leave
Got me some tickets to an Oilers game
They ain’t worth watching so who’s to blame
Glory days are gone, the Rebuild stumbles on
And Daryl he wrote us a letter.
And Daryl he wrote us a letter.
And Daryl he wrote us a letter.
By Learner, but not Lowe.
Phil has a question:
With the Edmonton Oilers on the slippery slope back to not being very good again do you think it’s time for the Oiler Fans to write Daryl a letter and tell him that he needs to use the broom and sweep the whole rotten mess of Oilers upper management out.
Does Daryl want to be remembered as the Oilers owner who squandered Connor McDavid’s career until Connor left the building.
What happens if Cassidy signs in Toronto or LA and Oilers management is left looking even stoopider than it does right now.
Garden and Gun – Elizabeth Florio – How to Cook a Perfect Egg in a Cast-Iron Skillet
Sports Business Journal – Kraken hire Sportsology for audit of hockey operations
Phil has a question:
When will Katz wake up and hire a firm for an external audit of the tire fire that is the present Edmonton Oilers management team.
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
Napoleon Bonaparte
SportsNet – Maple Leafs fire head coach Craig Berube
We see an Oilers management team that has botched both July 1’s since taking over for the duo of Ken Holland and Bob Nicholson, now botching its first coach firing as well. It does not inspire confidence that these are the hands capable of performing the delicate surgery required to close out the Connor McDavid era with a Stanley Cup, when firing a coach is the dicing potatoes phase of preparing the gourmet recipe that is a championship-winning roster.
SportsNet – Mark Spector – Spector: Everyone looks bad as Oilers, Golden Knights haggle over Cassidy
It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.
Thomas Sowell
Phil has a question:
How does a team find the right level of intensity when they don’t have the right level of talent.
When Sportsnet’s Oilers scribe disses the management team of Stan (Not Scotty) Bowman and Jeff (not Joe) Jackson why have they not been fired yet.
Does the management by rote knee jerk reaction courting of Bruce Cassidy not exemplify the absolute fucked up mess of Oilers upper management led by Stan (Not Scotty) Bowman and Jeff (not Joe) Jackson who need to be fired before Connor leaves the building.
How can Spector find fault with Las Vegas when they’re just taking this opportunity to rub the Oilers’ haughty noses in it.
If the Oilers hire the recently fired Craig Berube can he get the players deals on meat from Calahoo Meats.
Would Clark Kent ever even think about hiring a legitimate arms length firm for an external audit of the ridiculous bloated bureaucratic regime at Horse Racing Alberta or are they content when the windows have been washed.
Would Clark Kent like Phil to provide him with a list of the volunteers to conduct an external audit of the ridiculous bloated bureaucratic regime at Horse Racing Alberta
Can you guess who’s No. 1 with a bullet on the list of the volunteers to conduct an external audit of the ridiculous bloated bureaucratic regime at Horse Racing Alberta
Who can hire a firm for an external audit of the thoroughbred industry in North America.
TSN – Oilers relieve Knoblauch of head coaching duties
You can’t coach speed
You can’t coach height
Phil M. Stockmen