Should the Red Wings Fire Assistant Coach Brad McCrimmon?

[Winged_Wheeler 3]

I say Yes.

[DatsyukianDeak 0]

I say Yes.

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[titanium2 867]

What are his responsibilities? Run drills? Design schemes? I'm just not sure if firing him would make things better.

[Winged_Wheeler 3]

What are his responsibilities? Run drills? Design schemes? I'm just not sure if firing him would make things better.

McCrimmon is in charge of the Red Wings' defense.

[maltbymaniac 13]

mccrimmon is lazy and he sucks.

[Red Crazy 201]

I say NO and it is because I don't think that the way the Wings are playing can be blamed on him. I don't think that firing an assistant coach will have any effect whatsoever.

[ComradeWasabi 109]

I don't foresee this happening. Call me crazy.

[thedisappearer 291]

I don't foresee this happening. Call me crazy.

Maybe not, but it's a good wake up call.

[ben_usmc 253]

i said yes, but i suppose it would have been smarter to find out his responsibilites first. It could just be correlation not causation.

[KronwallCRUNCH 5]

Yeah! Fire him! Then fire Bedard because our goalies suck! Then fire Babcock because he's in charge of them and should have fired them after the first game of this five game losing streak! Then fire/impeach Ilitch because he's let this team spiral into oblivion for far too long! 5 games- this is unacceptable! FIRE THEM ALL!

TRADE LIDSTROM!

[Heroes of Hockeytown 694]

What are his responsibilities? Run drills? Design schemes? I'm just not sure if firing him would make things better.

^^^

Behold, thinking critically.

[Statts 4]

Maybe not, but it's a good wake up call.

I have never heard of a team firing an assistant coach as a wake up call.

Why not MacLean? Or is he the next to be thrown under the bus?

[titanium2 867]

I have never heard of a team firing an assistant coach as a wake up call.

Why not MacLean? Or is he the next to be thrown under the bus?

Yeah, haha. MacLean has been with Babcock ever since they both came into the NHL. He was the one in charge of the defense last year. Maybe they should switch or something.

[Statts 4]

Yeah, haha. MacLean has been with Babcock ever since they both came into the NHL. He was the one in charge of the defense last year. Maybe they should switch or something.

Not calling you a liar, but out of curiosity, how do you know which coach works with what? Do you have a link?

Anybody?

Edited February 1, 2009 by Statts

[Zion 93]

The Detroit Red Wings' coaching staff is lazy and they suck.

[GoWings1905 2,694]

No.

For the sole fact that I don't know that there is a better alternative and firing McCrimmon isn't suddenly going to make the defense focus. This is on the players to give some effort.

Edited February 1, 2009 by GoWings1905

[thedisappearer 291]

I have never heard of a team firing an assistant coach as a wake up call.

Well, in fairness, I didn't mean right now. But, it is a wake up call to have any coach fired without other circumstances.

[thedatsyukian 7]

This is a ridiculous thread. The sky is not falling.

[ComradeWasabi 109]

If it was McCrimmon's fault that the defense was faltering so badly, Babcock would have done something about it.

[Drake_Marcus 890]

Well, in fairness, I didn't mean right now. But, it is a wake up call to have any coach fired without other circumstances.

Exactly. What else can the Wings do? Keep benching players that don't work hard enough and bring up GR players. Expect to see more names brought up from GR for as long as Stuart is out. This is the kind of face slapping that Babs hasn't been able to do because of the cap jam.

[sixer 37]

I thought everyone was blaming Osgood?

[CdnWingsFanEh 2]

I thought everyone was blaming Osgood?

That's in a different thread...

[taxidermistWINGSfan 0]

i have put the blame on that guy since about the 20th game of the season... i just dont like him.

[RedWing87 0]

No, I don't think letting a guy like him go even when the team is down like this would do much of anything except put a different guy behind the bench. Something that's going to turn the team around is going to have to come from the players themselves...whatever that's gonna end up being.

[YoungGuns1340 1]

Yeah! Fire him! Then fire Bedard because our goalies suck! Then fire Babcock because he's in charge of them and should have fired them after the first game of this five game losing streak! Then fire/impeach Ilitch because he's let this team spiral into oblivion for far too long! 5 games- this is unacceptable! FIRE THEM ALL!

TRADE LIDSTROM!

I'm not advocating firing McCrimmon, but McCrimmon has a TON of talent to work with that is underperforming like crazy. Bedard, on the other hand, has a back-up and an inconsistent starter past his prime to work with.