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hototogisu
Poked the bear!!!!!
Has that ever actually happened? A coach got fired and a team was so exuberant about his availability that they fired their own coach just to scoop him up?
Force951
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Bruce Boudreau, Carlyle was on his way out anyways, but he was fired and BB hired almost immediately.
hototogisu
Poked the bear!!!!!
Atoyot
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- Jul 19, 2013
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You're allowed to pursue somebody for a position before that position is vacant. No reason to fire your head coach, if you want him talk to him, if you come to an agreement fire the head coach, if you don't then you don't have a giant gaping hole where your head coach used to be.
I am almost sure of it, I am just googling it now but I remember a few years ago, for 2 years in a row, the chain reactions happened.
also, there have been about 5 in the last 7 years, where a coach was hired immediately. Give me a few minutes and I will have some names unless someone beats me to it. I am pretty sure Bruce Boudreau was hired right after Carlyle.
edit: Oops, I just saw 2 guys already mentioned Boudreau
Hivemind
We're Touched
Literally two days later. The fastest turnaround between being fired and landing a new NHL head coaching job in the history of the league.
Super Cake
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- Jun 24, 2013
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Flyers and Leafs maybe.
I doubt the Oilers will being that they seem content to keep Eakins judging by their press conference the other day.
I doubt the Oilers will being that they seem content to keep Eakins judging by their press conference the other day.
DudeWhereIsMakar
Bergevin sent me an offer sheet
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Yeah, I liked Maclean and wish he still had a job with this team but his systems weren't anything to rave about especially Dzone. I have no idea why he didn't adjust his defensive system this season. They played a very passive style and it was clear it wasn't working and he failed to adjust.
Eakins has been told he is safe for a little while. He will get the chance to have his youth mature a bit.
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Personally I liked him but if you go wander over to the sens board you will see the majority didn't. I didn't agree with them but you are wrong there.
Gil Gunderson
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There's some evidence that a few players didn't like him, and the fans were turning on him pretty quickly.
Fans will turn on a coach very quickly when a team starts losing. The leafs are content now with being a few games over 500 but wanted to string Carlyle up by the short and curly's after the 9-2 loss.
For the most part, most players and most fans liked him.
Of course there will be a few players and a few fans not like him.
Reminds me of Nolan. Just off a Jack Adams and fired.
Maclean didn't all of a sudden suck a year later. Some common sense here would be good.
As for systems, you can see during practices that he was attempting to run systems, but sometimes players don't buy in. (Hello Karlson)
But those same fans liked him when they were winning.
Jack Adams a year ago and all of a sudden he forgot how to coach?
Naw, I blame the players.
I completely agree. Most on the leafs boards seem to think Babs will be the next Leafs coach, but management just extended him. Go figure.
I personally think Peters is on the hot seat now. Perhaps columbus may be a Maclean destination also.
