Confirmed with Link: Penguins and Mike Sullivan part ways

[Gurglesons]

If we’re going to follow the long franchise tradition of hiring a random alumnus to guide us through a period of terrible hockey…I suggest Ville Nieminen. Who has been known to rock a sweater vest behind the bench, even under a suit jacket.

this looks like AI.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

If we’re going to follow the long franchise tradition of hiring a random alumnus to guide us through a period of terrible hockey…I suggest Ville Nieminen. Who has been known to rock a sweater vest behind the bench, even under a suit jacket.

Jesus f*** that's terrifying... he looks like one of the Titans in Attack on Titan.

 

[HandshakeLine]

this looks like AI.

Christopher Walz needs to fire his agent.

 

[Jacob]

If we’re going to follow the long franchise tradition of hiring a random alumnus to guide us through a period of terrible hockey…I suggest Ville Nieminen. Who has been known to rock a sweater vest behind the bench, even under a suit jacket.

 

[Icarium]

But secondly I laughed imagining the absolute rage here that people would have if another boston Sully coach was behind the bench.

I would love it. Quinn as head coach would do wonders for our tanking effort.

 

[Jag68Sid87]

Sullivan did an amazing job in 2017 without Letang, every series the Pens got better as the series went along.

The rest of the league caught up in the couple years and that was that but he was still a very good coach for some time there. He just got stale, no coach maintains success with one team for long in the NHL.

So maybe if the organization had canned him when they SHOULD have canned him, I for one might respect him a little bit more.

But it is what it is.

 

[HandshakeLine]

If you only look at the good things with none of the bad, you’ll see it’s pretty unfair to criticize our coach.

 

[Duffy13]

What Bostonian? Who's next?!

Tom Barrasso was coaching in Italy, not sure if he still is... Lets bring back that crazy bastard haha

 

[Jag68Sid87]

If you only look at the good things with none of the bad, you’ll see it’s pretty unfair to criticize our coach.

Ex-coach to you, sir!

 

[SomeDude]

Jesus f*** that's terrifying... he looks like one of the Titans in Attack on Titan.

this looks like AI.

He’s calmed down since hanging the skates up.

What’s more inspiring for a team than having a coach behind you that can devour the other team?

 

[HandshakeLine]

A coach should be able to swallow a Christmas ham while, true.

 

[Duffy13]

"Overall very successful tenure" might be a stretch.

If I'm doing my math right he what, missed the playoffs for three straight years and didn't get out of the first round of the playoffs for the three years before that.

Was he a good coach yes, was he here way too long, absolutely. This is a team that squandered a few years between the cups and when the bottom completely fell out by keeping a coach whose brand had gotten stale a long time ago.

Not a fan of his, well known, not hiding it, but 2 cups and a .600 winning percentage over 10 years is pretty successful, even if the last 4 years was complete ass

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Mike Sullivan has been available for far longer than five minutes, now.

Where are all these teams lining up as promised?

 

[IcedCapp]

There are definitely worse coach options but I flat out do not want Rich Tocchet as this coach.

This team needs a young up and coming coach that has an extensive experience working with young players. Tocchet isn't that. Tocchet is Mike Sullivan 2.0, one that has been a worse head coach.

Not that I have any issues with any of the past eras of the Pens, nor do I have anything but praise for the way Ron and Mario ran the team when they owned it, but I have a feeling that this move is the start of a yinzer-free organization. I don’t see us pulling people from our past into our present/future, until Sid and Geno take up shop in the front office.

so to make a short story long: I don’t think Tocchet is even on their radar

 

[Jared Grayden]

Not a fan of his, well known, not hiding it, but 2 cups and a .600 winning percentage over 10 years is pretty successful, even if the last 4 years was complete ass

Ultimately, Sullivan can pick his next coaching destination. No doubt he had gone stale in Pittsburgh, but nearly every other NHL coach would take his resume over their own. Cooper is really the only current NHL coach that can even compare.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

I look forward to Sullivan following in Disco's footsteps. I'll get a guffaw.

He was supposed to hit the ground running post-Penguins, too. Whoops.

 

[HandshakeLine]

I mean if he could pick his own destination, he wouldn’t have gotten fired.

 

[HandshakeLine]

lol again that Mike Sullivan got fired like a dork ass teenager.

 

[Invalid cuz QoC]

I see some people wanting to bet on if Malkin has more or less points next season. I can set up a smart contract where the funds sit and collect interest and pays out to the winning parties.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I'm still so f***ing overjoyed.

Dubas has done well with his hiring so I am confident on him finding the right coach. He was the one to give Carbery his first NHL job.

 

[Ugene Magic]

Tom Barrasso was coaching in Italy, not sure if he still is... Lets bring back that crazy bastard haha

Not that crazy.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

lol again that Mike Sullivan got fired like a dork ass teenager.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

The only thing I’d like about torts is that he’d tell off dipshits in the Pens media. That’s the only thing.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I bet the convo was that Dubas wanted to bring in less veterans and wanted to make more space for youth and competition for them and Sullivan likely towed the same Torts line of not wanting to be a development coach.

Either way, I am so happy this day has finally come.

I gotta change my headline to “Sully Fired!!”

 

[SEALBound]

lol again that Mike Sullivan got fired like a dork ass teenager.

God I hope Dubas gave him a legitimate "pink slip" and had security watch him as he cleaned out his office.

The only thing that would make this better is if there was an embarrassing insult to injury moment on his way like when Hillary Clinton tried to steal the White House silverware and was forced to give it back.

"No Mike...no you may not take the Mario Lemieux poster in the trainers room nor can you keep the banners hanging in PPG".