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What praise is he actually getting though? Most opinions seem to be along the lines of "Blashill is pretty meh, but it doesn't really make sense to fire him right now, and the kids are alright" You obviously feel very strongly about firing Blashill, but most of us don't feel strongly one way or the other. Personally I wouldn't fire him right now, but if he got fired I'd be like "oh, ok, wonder who we're gonna hire" Nobody just started liking him 2 weeks ago and nobody is heaping him with praise.

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You're not even making an argument here. All you're telling me is that you're a big drooling baby who hates our coach for irrational reasons. I've watched nearly every game the Wings have played under Blashill. I've obsessively tracked the development of our young players under Blashill. I've gone from disliking Blashill as a coach and thinking he's holding the kids back to firmly believing he's exerting a positive influence on these players and is helping them realize their full potential. I changed my mind about him because, as an obsessive fan who pores over e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g, I've seen enough to be convinced that 1) the young talent is progressing nicely and 2) Blashill has had a hand in this. "I've been saying AA should get more ice time. Now he's finally getting more ice time and he's scored 30 goals. Our coach couldn't see what was clear to me and this is why he is an idiot" is such myopic, narcissistic bulls***. Prior to this season, AA had been playing one-dimensional beer league hockey. Blashill wanted him to grow his game and earn more minutes and AA has responded by taking his game to another level this season. Larkin had to restructure his game and commit himself to becoming more than a speedy scoring winger. He didn't do this all by himself while Blashill played video games in the rec room. Same thing with Mantha. Same thing with all the young players who are blossoming before our eyes. The bus is now being driven by young talent. If you're not going to give the coach any credit whatsoever, you're a jackass.

I would have picked Nyquist going into this season, but now I'd pick AA. Still pretty close though. I can see an argument for Nyquist.

I'm not going to sit here and say Blashill is a great coach, to be honest I think he's ok. I would love to see what he can do with a good roster. However, what is ludicrous is saying that a head coach has "no bearing" on the output of his young players. Nobody is saying he is "THE" reason, but the guy has literally coached these kids their entire career, to imply he has no impact on their play is simply incorrect.

I don't think Blashill will ever win a cup. I think he's a very mediocre coach. I also see no reason to fire Blashill at the current moment. Does anyone remember what the upsell on this guy was? It was that he's good with kids. So I find it kind of funny that those who advocate for rebuilding and leaning on the kids, also advocate for firing the coach who's good with kids. And our kids are doing pretty well at the moment... Blashill absolutely deserves credit for the success of the kids he's coached into this league. Just like the scouts who found those kids deserve credit for findin' em. If we were on the cusp of shedding a lot of bad contracts and having a lot of good young players enter their prime, I'd be gung-ho ready to fire this guy. But we're not. However, and oddly enough, in 2 years at the end of this contract we will be shedding a lot of bad contracts and this wave of youth will enter prime performance years. Ask me if I wanna fire Blashill then. I may have a different answer. Till then, he's fine where he is. Maintain the rebuild ship, it's on good course.

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Which is fine. I get that part of it. But if you're going to complain, at least wait until after the draft lottery. It's only another 9 days... Who knows, this last little streak we've been on, may be exactly what we've needed to get that top (three) pick... or maybe we end up dropping back. It's all luck of the draw... Me personally, I'll never root for losses, or get upset with wins for exactly that reason. I may look back after the lottery and say, "man if we lost one more game", or "if we won one more game, we would have gotten Hughes"... "But oh well, there's no way we could have known that at the time"...

Off the mlive articlel https://www.mlive.com/redwings/2019/03/red-wings-to-extend-coach-jeff-blashill-for-two-seasons.html "Blashill, 45, is expected to be named head coach of the U.S. World Championship team for the third year in a row on April 8, two days after the Red Wings wrap up their season." If he is a s*** coach then why has he been picked to be the head coach of the US team the last 3 years? No one better they don't care to win? I am looking at this way he never coached at this level he has made mistakes, roster is still crap. Could be a situation where the roster gets younger and more talented and Blash's decisions get better and better. Kind of a growing together time.

Nah that's not true. There's some would vehemently would disagree with you and would consider Nyquist to be better.

Filip Zadina, Filip Hronek, and Filip Larsson are the future of this team Praise be to the Fil, blessed is his name

I dont think you understand coaching at all. PS: The knock on AA was never about scoring (which isnt everything and doesnt alone justify getting more even strength ice time). It was because he focused too much on it. He needed to grow his game, which he has done (although I'm sure coaching had nothing to do with it). Had Blashill just given him more ice time cuz slappies said so, its likely he would have continued to play the same way and would not have rounded out his game because he would have had no reason to.

He's white knighting AA. Even the slightest criticism and he'll accuse you of being a hateful lunatic. So basically now it's fun to take lil jabs at AA's game lol

What can you do, its impossible to predict injury. Mantha has 21 goals in 63 games which is .33 GPG. If you use that math over 82 games, that's 27 goals this season. I think Mantha hits 30 next year if he stays healthy.

Sorta. I wouldnt consider him a "replacement" for Nyquist. Hirose is a less talented player IMO. He'll play farther down the lineup then Goose would. But yes, he was a given a roster spot after Goose was traded.

Needs to be more consistent and also needs to stop breaking his hands. If he doesn't break his hand this season, he's probably flirting with 30 right now.

Blaming Blashill for the Wings problems is like blaming the front headlight for the car running out of gas.

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HE'S NOT THE ONLY REASON BUT HE'S A BIG PART OF IT HE AND KEN FAILAND NEED TO GO THEY ARE BOTH AWFUL YZERMAN IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN SAVE THIS FRANCHISE

This should come as no surprise to anyone. Blashill is a good coach with a s***ty team. The young players (Larkin, Mantha, Athanasiou, Bertuzzi, Hronek, etc.) that he has coached have all taken steps in the right direction. The old players (Kronwall, Ericsson, Daley, Vanek, etc.) will be fading out over the next couple years, and we'll start to see even more youth (Zadina, Svechnikov, Veleno, McIsaac, '19 first round pick, etc.) coming in. I look forward to see what he can do with a good team over the next couple years. It's amazing that some "idiots" still think that Blashill is the reason this team isn't good right now...