Management Montgomery fired - Sacco named interim coach Sacco - Blues hire Monty

[GordonHowe]

One thing was for sure monty had to be
removed it was a train wreck here. Hopefully sacco stabilizes team so far so good.

I believe he will. I can already see it. I'm delighted by the recent turn of events on several fronts,

 

[ON3M4N]

The point is there were no impact players to draft where the Bruins were drafting.

Depends as what we're defining as an impact player.

I think we can all agree that this management group has struggled to draft & develop impact forwards. By impact, I'm talking about top 6 level forwards.

 

[GordonHowe]

 

[bobbyorr04]

Is it possible there was some collusion between the two??

It would actually make sense as to why Monty stopped coaching this season

either way...it sure looked like he was TRYING to get fired

 

[chizzler]

Is it possible there was some collusion between the two??

It would actually make sense as to why Monty stopped coaching this season

either way...it sure looked like he was TRYING to get fired

Something wasn’t right and you could be right. Who knows. People talking of the smear campaign annoys me. They guy had to go. This team was disorganized. There was know type of system that I could detect. His constant line changing would result in TMM penalties. That’s a sign of things. Didn’t they get the record last playoffs? I won’t mention the first year collapse . Sweeney had to do something. Everyone saying he can’t fire another coach. The Blues GM has no problems going through caching candidates.

 

[McGarnagle]

Is it possible there was some collusion between the two??

It would actually make sense as to why Monty stopped coaching this season

either way...it sure looked like he was TRYING to get fired

Honestly I think all three parties here were ready and preparing for this as far back as this summer.

It's clear that Sweeney/Neely had lost confidence in Jim and would've fired him outright if they lost to Toronto, but winning that series and taking Florida to six games a year removed from a historic regular season tied Boston's hands and they couldn't fire him in the offseason especially after Cassidy had instant success after leaving. Their roster moves they made this summer, bringing in guys who didn't fit Jim's system like Zadorov and Lindholm, showed they were looking at a future without him.

Monty, for his part, stalled any extension talks knowing he had a backup plan(and I don't think Sweeney was particularly serious about the extension either, they were just doing formalities), and St. Louis dragged their feet this summer in naming a coach, going with a low-commitment backup option in Bannister who would be easy to ditch on short notice.

I don't know if there was proper collusion like any words actually being exchanged by Armstrong and Monty's agents that say with a smoking gun that you have a job here if Boston fires you, but I'm pretty sure all parties had an understanding of the lay of the land. I doubt the Bruins pursue any tampering charges.

 

[UncleRico]

If monty was purposefully having the team tank this season, that definitely says alot about the players. So Monty told them to panic from the opposing forecheck? to don't do any backchecking? for the D to leave everyone alone in front of the net?

Damn, he must be a Jedi or something. Why couldn't he just do it to the opposing players?

Ya the notion from quite a few people here that Monty was trying to make the team perform poorly so he could leave is insane.

Not surprising though. Just like with every person who leaves this organization it’s kick them in the ass and smear their name on the way out.

 

[Pia8988]

Ya the notion from quite a few people here that Monty was trying to make the team perform poorly so he could leave is insane.

Not surprising though. Just like with every person who leaves this organization it’s kick them in the ass and smear their name on the way out.

It's also not the silver bullet people think it is. It's a massive indictment on every single player and coach still here.

 

[LouJersey]

Only Matter of Time Before Blues Hired Jim Montgomery

The St. Louis Blues wasted no time in hoping on free agent coach Jim Montgomery after he was fired by the Boston Bruins. Not only did the Blues hire Mongtomery

www.si.com

Blues general manager Armstrong pretty much said the main reason he fired Bannister was to hire Montgomery, but Friedman says the Bruins coach was on the Blues’ radar for much longer than his few days after firing.

“I think everybody knew the Blues had one eye on Montgomery, and Montgomery had one eye on the Blues.”

No wonder his coaching was awful this year, one eye on the Blues job. Just like the GM has one eye on the Four Nations. We need some full time bosses here

 

[Ratty]

Best coach we had since Bruce Cassidy. Good guy. Fell into a great spot in St. Loo., his home.

 

[Chevalier du Clavier]

Is it possible there was some collusion between the two??

It would actually make sense as to why Monty stopped coaching this season

either way...it sure looked like he was TRYING to get fired

 

[McGarnagle]

Only Matter of Time Before Blues Hired Jim Montgomery

The St. Louis Blues wasted no time in hoping on free agent coach Jim Montgomery after he was fired by the Boston Bruins. Not only did the Blues hire Mongtomery

www.si.com

Blues general manager Armstrong pretty much said the main reason he fired Bannister was to hire Montgomery, but Friedman says the Bruins coach was on the Blues’ radar for much longer than his few days after firing.

“I think everybody knew the Blues had one eye on Montgomery, and Montgomery had one eye on the Blues.”

No wonder his coaching was awful this year, one eye on the Blues job. Just like the GM has one eye on the Four Nations. We need some full time bosses here

While true, I think that's pretty dumb for Armstrong to say out loud. Gives Neely ammunition if he was thinking of pressing tampering charges.

That kind of talk could cost the Blues a second round pick.

 

[Pia8988]

Listen to the actual quote and not Ty's BS. It's obvious the call came after he was fired.

 

[Dr Hook]

The point is there were no impact players to draft where the Bruins were drafting.

Missed your reply here but all I will say to that is we’ll never know. You can’t look solely at a guy’s stat line in another org , especially young guys, and say unequivocally they wouldn’t have been an impact player here. And that is what is missing from the young player cupboard, especially forwards, who have they drafted - I’ll give you Swayman- other than Mac who has been that? Especially forwards, which is what started the conversation.