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Craig MacTavish

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
991 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Oilers NOW with Bob Stauffer
Oilers Legend Craig MacTavish (5/11/26)

And I believe that, too.

Oilers NOW with Bob Stauffer
Oilers Legend Craig MacTavish (5/11/26)

I always viewed turnovers...

Oilers NOW with Bob Stauffer
Oilers Legend Craig MacTavish (5/11/26)

As a team problem, not an individual problem.

Oilers NOW with Bob Stauffer
Oilers Legend Craig MacTavish (5/11/26)

And I directed it that way in my criticism.

Oilers NOW with Bob Stauffer
Oilers Legend Craig MacTavish (5/11/26)

But where Glenn was super good and effective was holding people accountable.

Oilers NOW with Bob Stauffer
Oilers Legend Craig MacTavish (5/11/26)

in the dressing room amongst their peers.

Oilers NOW with Bob Stauffer
Oilers Legend Craig MacTavish (5/11/26)

He's not going to single you out on the bench and yell at you.

Oilers NOW with Bob Stauffer
Oilers Legend Craig MacTavish (5/11/26)

I mean, Hitch was pretty negative on the bench at times in terms of his criticism of plays and players.

Oilers NOW with Bob Stauffer
Oilers Legend Craig MacTavish (5/11/26)

Glenn was not like that at all.

Oilers NOW with Bob Stauffer
Oilers Legend Craig MacTavish (5/11/26)

But in the dressing room, he would protect you

Oilers NOW with Bob Stauffer
Oilers Legend Craig MacTavish (5/11/26)

publicly on the camera and in the media mostly unless it was reoccurring yeah unless it was reoccurring exactly but he would hold you accountable in the dressing room amongst your teammates and you know i've said it many times before the winners they want that level of accountability they want the coach to recognize these repetitive mistakes and go after them and put pressure on them

Oilers NOW with Bob Stauffer
Oilers Legend Craig MacTavish (5/11/26)

and that's where he was really good.

Oilers NOW with Bob Stauffer
Oilers Legend Craig MacTavish (5/11/26)

And, I mean, I don't know whether that's a part of coaching.

Oilers NOW with Bob Stauffer
Oilers Legend Craig MacTavish (5/11/26)

I tried to bring it to what I did as a coach, and at times I would go like Glenn would do and go through everybody sitting down on the โ€“

Oilers NOW with Bob Stauffer
Oilers Legend Craig MacTavish (5/11/26)

in the dressing room at their stall and talked about what they needed to do or compliment them.

Oilers NOW with Bob Stauffer
Oilers Legend Craig MacTavish (5/11/26)

But just so everybody knew that they weren't getting away with anything, that we were seeing exactly what was happening.

Oilers NOW with Bob Stauffer
Oilers Legend Craig MacTavish (5/11/26)

And I found those instances a couple times a year to be really impactful.

Oilers NOW with Bob Stauffer
Oilers Legend Craig MacTavish (5/11/26)

It's much different.

Oilers NOW with Bob Stauffer
Oilers Legend Craig MacTavish (5/11/26)

You have to...

Oilers NOW with Bob Stauffer
Oilers Legend Craig MacTavish (5/11/26)

You know, you have to explain what you're doing and why you're doing it.