Has there ever been a coaching change as ineffective as Carlyle's firing?

[Moncherry]

When the Leafs fired Carlyle at the beginning of the month they were the highest-scoring team in the league along with the Lightning and for all their inconsistencies they still held a playoff spot. Now of course Carlyle's tenure had its problems, but since his firing the Leafs have won a single game, are 10 points out of a playoff spot, and what was once the saving grace of their flawed playing style, their offence, is now comically inept. Has there ever been a team which got that much worse after firing a coach who was supposed to be part of the problem?

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[Vesa Awesaka]

paddock for hartsburg

not as bad but hartsburg made the team worse and didnt last a season


Ottawa had a much better team then the leafs though

 

[IAmBobo]

Leafs firing Ron Wilson

 

[illpucks]

Yes.

1995-1996 Senators replacing Rick Bowness with Dave Allison

After getting off to a good start with a 6–5–0 record, the Senators would then lose their next eight games, which ended up costing head coach Rick Bowness his job, as the club replaced him with Dave Allison, who was previously the head coach of the Senators AHL affiliate, the Prince Edward Island Senators. The Dave Allison era did not last long in Ottawa, as the club would only win two of 25 games (2–22–1) before he was replaced by Jacques Martin

 

[authentic]

I thought it was a dumb move as soon as I heard about it, they literally haven't been able to score since firing Carlyle. I just hope they tank for McDavid now to be honest.

 

[Hockey Joe]

Jacques Martin for Randy Cunneyworth got the Habs Galchenyuk.

 

[Yung Rotini]

Jacques Martin for Randy Cunneyworth got the Habs Galchenyuk.

You could argue that it was effective then.

 

[Tripod]

It's easy now to look back on it, but at the time TONS of people were saying that they should change coaches as what they were doing was not sustainable.

 

[JackTheTulip]

Randy Carlyle is enjoying the hell out of this in front of his TV.

 

[jmwc95]

What have been the last few coaching changes for the Oilers? Those are the answer.

 

[MAHJ71]

Depends on if the Leafs keep on losing .. in a historic way.

 

[Deuce Awesome]

My old man emailed me when Carlyle was fired and Horachek or whatever was hired. He said that this was the fall guy for the tank to get a top pick. I was like "nahh this guy did well with Florida with a less than awesome roster"


Looks like my old man might be right yet again.

 

[The Thin White Duke]

In the win column, sure, the change wasnt a good one. In a more long term perspective its letting us see who can create offense without cheating defensively. If it leads to appropriate moves at the deadline, I'll be fine with a lost season to clear out the right dead weight. A high pick won't hurt either.

 

[Suntouchable13]

My old man emailed me when Carlyle was fired and Horachek or whatever was hired. He said that this was the fall guy for the tank to get a top pick. I was like "nahh this guy did well with Florida with a less than awesome roster"


Looks like my old man might be right yet again.

Give me a break. This was no tank move. They weren't going anywhere with Carlyle either. They were already trending downwards when they fired him. They were barely hanging on to a playoff spot after having a good cushion early in December. I bet they would be exactly where they are at now with Carlyle too. The firing was an attempt to try to save the season, if anything. If they wanted to tank for real, they would have left Carlyle alone. The team was heading down the ******* anyway.

 

[Brooklanders*]

No this was the worst coaching change ever.
Actually the Browns firing Bellicheat tops this.

 

[Tarasenko]

Martin for Cunneyworth
Bowness for Allison
are the 2 I quickly thought about

 

[Jumptheshark]

new jersey a few times in the past. TO waited to long and despite what the media said in the preseason-the did not have a good team--but the media plays nicely until they lose and then run over them--untill then--they play nive


Oilers have had like 6 coaches in 8 years and they site 29th????

Mact
Quinn
Renney
Guy now running one of the top FOOTBALL clubs in England
Guy with hot wife
Mact
Guy who has been around since the start of the trouble--but was on the farm

 

[The Nuge]

Dallas Eakins says hello. The guy knows hockey, but was useless as an NHL coach. The worst part was that people said we should keep him, just so we didn't have to change coaches again...

 

[Gormo]

Has there ever been a coaching change as ineffective as Carlyle's firing?

Its one of the least surprising in terms of how ineffective it has been.

 

[PuckSeparator]

No




AINEC.

 

[Jumptheshark]

No




AINEC.

the last EIGHT YEARS IN EDMONTON says you have no understanding of the game

 

[Mitchy]

Leafs are a better team without Carlyle. There, I said it.

 

[HuGo Sham]

cunneyworth in for martin was an absolute disaster. I think like Leafs, Habs were 500 team at the time too

 

[dubey]

Leafs are a better team without Carlyle. There, I said it.

lol no

 

[PuckSeparator]

the last EIGHT YEARS IN EDMONTON says you have no understanding of the game

Leaf fans looking for a pat on the back, I proceed to provide it and you... you just had to take it all away.


I was being sarcastic