Ο Ερντογάν «θυμήθηκε» τον Σουλεϊμάν τον Μεγαλοπρεπή που «διπλασίασε τα σύνορα της αυτοκρατορίας»

Here's a genuinely interesting question worth sitting with as Edmonton heads into this season: what if Mike Babcock actually learned something from everything that went wrong before? The easy read on Babcock joining the Oilers is that he's getting full license to be exactly who he's always been. McDavid, Draisaitl, Hyman, and the rest of the leadership group reportedly asked for this specifically. The team's leadership core wanted to be pushed, taken out of their comfort zones, and coached in ways that past coaches were too careful to try. That's a real risk. We've seen this movie before with John Tortorella in Vegas, another demanding, old-school coach getting full buy-in from a talented room, only to watch the same old edges show up eventually. It's not hard to picture the same thing happening here. But there's another version of this story playing out, and it's worth paying attention to. Babcock brought D.J. Smith on as his associate coach — the same guy he worked with in Toronto. Smith also gives Babcock someone in the room who knows him well enough to challenge him when necessary. That's not a small detail. That's a demanding coach voluntarily building in his own guardrails before the season even starts, rather than waiting for it to become a problem as it did before. And then there's the other hire, Misha Donskov. He's someone brought in essentially to be another set of eyes on Babcock himself. Think about what that actually means. Writers need editors. Coaches need people who'll tell them the truth. Leaders need distributed leadership around them, not just underneath them. If Babcock is genuinely inviting that kind of oversight into his own process, that's not the behaviour of a guy who thinks he's got nothing left to learn. Mike Babcock of the Oilers Maybe that's the real story here. Not 'here's an intense coach getting full license to run it back exactly how he always has,' but 'here's a genuinely excellent coach who knows his own tendencies well enough to build real structure around them this time.' Great coaches, like great writers, aren't the ones who never have blind spots. They're the ones who know exactly where their blind spots are and go find someone willing to point at them honestly. If that's actually what's happening in Edmonton, this isn't just a team betting on Babcock's talent. It's a team betting that Babcock has finally built the support system to go with it. And if he has, this could be the version of him nobody's gotten to see yet. Related: NHL Trade Talk Recap: Friedman, Senators & Oilers Bottom Six Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. DJ SmithMike BabcockMisha Donskov