The Red Wings are in danger of missing the playoffs for the first time since 1990. Team is severely underperforming and find themselves struggling to generate consistent zone pressure or goals to help turn things around. You can say there’s a dark cloud hanging over the Red Wings organization at this moment. In conversations with other fellow Red Wings fans, the majority seem to believe that there’s one person responsible for the Wings being in this situation.
The head coach.
Jeff Blashill has been a scapegoat by some in the Red Wings fan base and believe it’s time to let him go. Game by game there’s been few that think Detroit should fire him and at this point they have the ammunition to believe that. His decision making with the line-ups and Ice time management has been very questionable among other things. While it’s fair to criticize Jeff Blashill, and it’s very deserving at this point, calling for him to be fired is premature …show more content…
While yes Blashill has made some questionable decisions and the team’s play isn’t going well, is that enough to warrant a firing for a guy who’s in year two of his NHL head coaching career? No it isn’t. Coaches can only do so much to put a team into position to win games. It is on the players to carry out and execute the gameplan given to win. Blashill can conduct a favorable line-up, but if the team don’t execute then it won’t mean much. Lack of shots on goal, lack of scoring goals, missed assignments defensively, letting in bad goals, that’s not on coaching.
Jeff Blashill has made some boneheaded decisions, no different than any other coach in the NHL. He’s a second year coach, still trying to figure out the league to an extent. No way shape or form, should he be fired or held completely responsible for the Red Wings struggling. Let’s jump off the “Fire Blashill” train this season and stop pinning all of Detroit’s problems on
The head coach.
Jeff Blashill has been a scapegoat by some in the Red Wings fan base and believe it’s time to let him go. Game by game there’s been few that think Detroit should fire him and at this point they have the ammunition to believe that. His decision making with the line-ups and Ice time management has been very questionable among other things. While it’s fair to criticize Jeff Blashill, and it’s very deserving at this point, calling for him to be fired is premature …show more content…
While yes Blashill has made some questionable decisions and the team’s play isn’t going well, is that enough to warrant a firing for a guy who’s in year two of his NHL head coaching career? No it isn’t. Coaches can only do so much to put a team into position to win games. It is on the players to carry out and execute the gameplan given to win. Blashill can conduct a favorable line-up, but if the team don’t execute then it won’t mean much. Lack of shots on goal, lack of scoring goals, missed assignments defensively, letting in bad goals, that’s not on coaching.
Jeff Blashill has made some boneheaded decisions, no different than any other coach in the NHL. He’s a second year coach, still trying to figure out the league to an extent. No way shape or form, should he be fired or held completely responsible for the Red Wings struggling. Let’s jump off the “Fire Blashill” train this season and stop pinning all of Detroit’s problems on