tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469653741913150066.post6448248217181359924..comments2009-05-15T19:24:48.355-07:00Comments on We Bleed Blue: It Had to HappenPatrick Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04592482865332628189noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5469653741913150066.post-19698990700384745442009-04-19T16:16:00.000-07:002009-04-19T16:16:00.000-07:00Good riddance to bad rubbish.
For far too long, ...Good riddance to bad rubbish. <br /><br />For far too long, the Edmonton Oilers have hired their managers and coaches based on their being "part of the family" regardless of whether they were actually any good at their jobs. <br /><br />Qualified candidates outside the organization were ignored in favor of the "Boys on the Bus", merit being ignored in favour of nothing less than pure nepotism. Despite year after year of mediocre performances and early playoff exits-when we even bothered to make the playoffs at all-we were told that we should stay loyal to our roots, and that the results will come. <br /><br />Well, we've been waiting for more than a decade and the results still haven't come. If Lowe and MacTavish had been working for any other team, they would have been fired years ago, but because they're part of the dynasty, their jobs were secure no matter how much they disgraced the copper and blue with their incompetence. <br /><br />Every single one of them-Lowe, Prendergast, Semenko-should all be fired and replaced with people who actually have something going for them besides just having been part of the Oilers glory days. <br /><br />Edmonton sports teams seem to have a strange propensity for leaving idiot managers in positions when it's clear they have no idea what the hell they're doing. <br /><br />How else can you explain Danny Macocia still having a job with the Eskimos?Jared Milnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07553795678274087372noreply@blogger.com