Philadelphia Flyers fire HC Alain Vigneault; Mike Yeo named Interim

[Kranix]

Paul Holmgren should look in the mirror and fire himself and Fletcher like that futurama where Elton John is buried alive with the pharaoh.

 

[Profet]

AV's man-on-man defense scheme doesn't work in this league if you don't have 6 very good to elite skating defensemen.

When will GM's realize this?

 

[EpochLink]

Alain Vigneault is Montreal bound in the near future.

Also, AV system only works when a HOF goaltender is the backbone of his line.

Luongo and Lundqvist were, Carter Hart wasn’t.

 

[AHassan]

AV is such a weird case, he's had Presidents' Trophy winning teams and SC Finalists and the fans still hate him. I guess Luongo and Lundqvist cover up his faults.

His "system" is so great that it requires a hall of fame goaltender in his prime to work...

 

[Dolemite]

 

[EpochLink]

AV is such a weird case, he's had Presidents' Trophy winning teams and SC Finalists and the fans still hate him. I guess Luongo and Lundqvist cover up his faults.

This is what AV is, he needs a HOF goaltender as the backbone for his system. Then he needs competent defensemen to carry up the ice with the forwards leading the way.

AV should be thanking his lucky starts Luongo and Lundqvist made him so much money as head coach.

Canucks and Rangers fans have known what AV is capable and not capable of.

 

[Cootsfanclub]

This is what AV is, he needs a HOF goaltender as the backbone for his system. Then he needs competent defensemen to carry up the ice with the forwards leading the way.

AV should be thanking his lucky starts Luongo and Lundqvist made him so much money as head coach.

Canucks and Rangers fans have known what AV is capable and not capable of.

Just thinking about how simply an average coach probably could have been plugged into either the Rangers or the Canucks over him and they'd have won Stanley cups.

 

[Kranix]

Mike Yeo is now breaking down his low-impact, low-success system.

 

[Kranix]

Fletcher and Yeo, two geniuses have solved it. We don't have the puck enough, we're gonna get the puck back more.

 

[Kranix]

"You give up a goal, you give up a second one, you feel the air come out of the tires. I dunno."
-Chuck Fletcher.
"We don't have the puck enough, I dunno"
-Chuck Fletcher.
"We have to be smart"
-Mike Yeo.

 

[EpochLink]

Just thinking about how simply an average coach probably could have been plugged into either the Rangers or the Canucks over him and they'd have won Stanley cups.

AV has always been a hard headed coach, he believes his system will work and will never EVER make mid game adjustments. Doesn’t matter if the Canucks were down 3-2 or 4-3, no adjustments and he tells his guys to execute like they did in practice.

Also his love affair with bottom pairing defensemen and bottom six forwards who provide ‘spark’ or is just in the lineup because he likes their ‘vibe.

 

[Flyer lurker]

"You give up a goal, you give up a second one, you feel the air come out of the tires. I dunno."
-Cliff Fletcher.
"We don't have the puck enough, I dunno"
-Cliff Fletcher.
"We have to be smart"
-Mike Yeo.

Chuck
"My name is Chuck not Cliff".

 

[Kranix]

Can they have Holmgren come down and join this press conference to confirm that you do indeed need to get the puck back?

 

[Flyer lurker]

Fletcher and Yeo, two geniuses have solved it. We don't have the puck enough, we're gonna get the puck back more.

Who knew that Nate Thompson would have lousy cf/gf%. I am stunned!

 

[Kranix]

Chuck
"My name is Chuck not Cliff".

They should have hired Cliff instead.

 

[Flyer lurker]

AV has always been a hard headed coach, he believes his system will work and will never EVER make mid game adjustments. Doesn’t matter if the Canucks were down 3-2 or 4-3, no adjustments and he tells his guys to execute like they did in practice.

Also his love affair with bottom pairing defensemen and bottom six forwards who provide ‘spark’ or is just in the lineup because he likes their ‘vibe.

1000000%
Every time a goal occurs.
NATE THOMPSON TIME
And momentum immediately dies. Shocker!

 

[Tawnos]

Alain Vigneault is Montreal bound in the near future.

Doubt this. His firing from the Rangers by Gorton wasn't exactly amicable.

 

[Rockomax]

Always a good day when that arrogant prick Michel Therrien gets fired. Rejoice!

 

[EpochLink]

1000000%
Every time a goal occurs.
NATE THOMPSON TIME
And momentum immediately dies. Shocker!

For Vancouver it was f***ing Aaron Rome and Tanner Glass. They provided absolutely nothing.

 

[Kranix]

Fletcher is listening to Mike Yeo and you can tell he doesn't believe a word he's saying. It's in his face lol

 

[Siludin]

AV's man-on-man defense scheme doesn't work in this league if you don't have 6 very good to elite skating defensemen.

When will GM's realize this?

There's probably some truth to this.
The Canucks were at their best when they had six top-four d-men, but nobody in particular was a standout No. 1.
All of them could defend though
Hamhuis
Bieksa
Ehrhoff
Edler
Salo
Ballard
(Alberts and Rome were 7/8 dmen)
But none of them were PURELY offensive defensemen. Everyone could skate and play a two-way game. Ballard had lower produciton, but he was asked to play a defensive style in Vancouver and I think most fans forgive his lack of point production in hindsight.
Ehrhoff was arguably the worst defensively but he had good skating, an offensive mandate with production to make up for it, plus he was always paired with someone who could cover if he decided to wheel.

 

[MayonnaiseOreo]

2nd in the Met last year. That's pretty good...

The Flyers didn't make the playoffs last year. They went on a 10 game win streak in 2020 before the playoffs and then were awful in said playoffs. They had a month or two of playing really well and then jumped off a cliff.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Just thinking about how simply an average coach probably could have been plugged into either the Rangers or the Canucks over him and they'd have won Stanley cups.

He should have won a Stanley Cup in 2011 but the team was decimated by injuries.

 

[GKJ]

Upon being asked, Fletcher didn’t even definitively say he thought they were a playoff team. Which, I guess is honest. But doesn’t seem good!

 

[Ranksu]

As a Blue fan and seeing what Yeo is made of...