The Hall of Famer has built up the Oilers' defense since joining the bench in November despite having no previous NHL coaching experience.
EDMONTON — The whiteboard hanging on a wall in Paul Coffey’s office at Rogers Place has a beaming message on it. “How do we get Better Today!!!” it reads. It’s a message for him, and it’s a message for his defense corps. And truth be told, all they’ve done since Coffey went behind the Oilers bench to coach the D in mid-November is indeed get better. Advertisement A move that raised eyebrows around the league has turned out to look rather clever.
“The biggest key for me is this: You can’t overcoach. You cannot overcoach. You’ve got to let them do their thing. For the most part, they know what they could’ve done better. I don’t need to tell them, right? But I think I learned that from my dad. Even though he had a quick temper, he was a positive guy. “Because if you tell your kids long enough they’re not doing a good job, guess what, they’re not going to do a good job. So you try to instill confidence in these guys.
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