Derek Lalonde and the Detroit Red Wings’ coaching staff have made some questionable decisions while they battle for a playoff spot. Sitting Daniel Sprong? Playing Jeff Petry repeatedly? Now rumors are out that there may be a coaching change. Could Sergei Fedorov be on the shortlist?
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18 Comments
100% he is. This team is too good to be as mediocre as they are. I don't want to hear "we don't have talent" excuses. People need to remember we had the 3rd spot in the Eastern Conference for a bit then lost it, then went on that 7 game losing streak. Most coaches around the league would get canned after losing that many games in a row. Need a new coach in the offseason
I don't think he is on the hot seat quite yet. It's only his second season, and everyone predicted the team would be bad. Where the Wings are right now was probably the ideal scenario looking back from the beginning of the season: playing meaningful games in April. They are still playing better than last year, but January and February were an aberration.
What the Red Wings really need is a hairy coach, with a big ass lettuce and with no dump and chase mentality.
There is nothing wrong with coaching but something wrong with line chemistry and they are out of sync, and they miss their assignments during the 7-game loss. Hope on April 16th we should not come back and say we missed the playoffs by 1 point due to unwanted losses to Sharks, Anaheim and coyote (twice).
Lalonde has the talent and fumbled it. 2 horrible losing streaks, one at the worst time, keeps playing Petry, braindead comments on media, im tired of it. Get out of Detroit.
Newsy is safe. If the same errors he's made last and this season continue into next, there may be a change. On Petry, I do agree that he should probably be scratched far more than he has, that he shouldn't be getting top pair minutes, but there's also a lot we don't know. Remember, one person doesn't lose us a game, the entire team loses us a game. A 0-1 loss in NSH, 0-4 loss in CAR, it's all on the team, each and every last player.
The people supporting Lalonde at this point are the same soy based simps saying Ausmus was not the reason the Tigers didn't win the WS. Lalonde is no way near as toxic as Ausmus but is just not head coach material at this point and the absolute wrong person to motivate a team filled with veteren retreads
why is petry being played in overtime the other night? wtf? petry, rass, and copp, keep giving the puck to the other team, they're all a liability
As soon as I hear whining about Chiarot, I tune out. Dude's our second best defenseman.
Playing Petry and scratching Maatta is fucking stupid. Sprong should be playing and now he is most likely not going to re-sign. Loosing Kostin was really disappointing and that's on Lalonde too, should have played him more. Letting this team fall apart like they did is inexcusable, he is supposed to be a defensive coach and they are horrible defensively. I was a big fan of his but he needs to go.
The team is too poorly built, too unskilled a roster to play a functional system, whether Lalonde’s system is any good or not.
Fans really got fully ensorcelled by the possibility they would make the playoffs and missed just how little this team looks like a playoff team.
You guys sound like leaf fans
Legit question, how much is on newsy vs boughner who runs the defense? I know newsy is ultimately responsible, but he still has to trust and empower subordinate leaders in the assistants by taking their opinions into account
Jeff Petry’s dad played for the tigers.
Petry gets under my skin so much that now I can’t stand listening to his father during Tiger broadcasts. Transferred anger I guess.
Lalonde ain’t even the problem but whatever
If we do get in we going to get swept. Need way better goaltending and defense and till that happens we'll be the same medicore team. Any team can go on winning and losing streaks, that doesn't mean a thing. Next year will be the year, by no means was this a loss year neither
Why is spong not playing. Guys a 20-25goal scorer. Yet we have Perron in