Homer Comments

Here is my thing about firing Lavy. Ok, so you fire him, who is going to come in and replace him and get better results?
Reason I ask this is because we always have issues with the players not being motivated to play on a nightly basis regardless
of who the coach is. We've had this same issue with the players with just about every coach we bring in. Doesn't matter
what their demeanor is. Always the answer is fire the coach, fire the coach. When are we going to start holding some of
these players accountable for not getting up and trying to earn their paycheck every game? The coach can only do so much, he can't
go out there and play the game for these guys. For some reason I think Scotty Bowman would be hard pressed to get these jerkoffs
motivated on some nights. If the players are constantly tuning out the coaches after every couple of years regardless of who is coaching
here, that speaks volumes about the players and the lack of leadership being displayed by the FO. Why is it nobody is talking
about Homer's head being on the chopping block so to speak. He is the one that keeps assembling these rosters and yet he constantly
gets a free pass. He is the one that keeps handing out these abysmal contracts to mediocre and above avg at best talent. He is the one
that keeps acquiring all these head cases. He is the one that has little to no clue about draft picking and managing a salary cap.

Fire all the coahes you want, nothing will change until the leadership up top changes and it trickles down to the players. We have fired coaches,
we have turned over the roster several times in Homer's tenure. The one constant over the last few years has been him. Hhhhhmmmmmmm!!!!!

Dman - majority of the blame here falls squarely on on coach jam. upper management went to him over the summer and asked him to change up his system and play a more defensive game. the guy has failed to do it and outside of one game against TB this year we have not seen them play that way. too much D jumping up on the play, forwards don't know when to go back and assist and cover, and too much confusion out there. the effort on most nights is there. outside of the team continually having slow starts, again a coaching issue.

for the time being bring Terry Murray in and wait until the summer and see what's out there, if anything it would give Murray a partial season to work on the D, which is something he was always good with.

not to be outdone is Homer assembling such a slow defensive core. even Coburn doesn't skate like he use to, or even use his brain for that matter. the only D that has actually been a bright spot for us is Schenn and Grossmann

ganryu, I see your point. last year we got rid of carle and needed a dman. we got gervais. we knew bryz was a head case and needed a back up. we get leighton and later signed boucher. Sorry thats not going to cut it. For some reason Holmgren refuses to draft better defenseman and develop goaltending prospects.

Gan:

If Lavy is going to be shown the door then so should Homer IMO. Start the damn thing over. Why should Homer get a pass when he assembled the last several rosters? The man traded Richards and Carter and both men went on to win a SC with another team and we all thought they were the problem. Just saying. He gets a free pass for bringing in slow crappy ass dmen with no upside. Lavy has won a SC with another team and took this team to the finals. You want to fire him, go ahead, but I don't see too many coaches that will make much of a difference here.

If they bring in Murray now he'll likely be here to start the season. No thanks.

Are we blaming Holmgren for Coburn having a bad year?

I'm all for assigning blame for where it belongs but it's starting to look like Homer needed a crystal ball to predict what you're complaining about.

Is he at fault for Briere too?

agree, I want Homer gone as well, he certainly deserves as much of the blame for this but at this point it doesn't matter who the coach is. while I wouldn't mind Murray taking over for a short time I would rather see him as an assistant and working with the D again. for now keeping coach jam is for the best because they will continue to suck and we are bound to get a top 5 pick!